Salad Days of Summer

Salad Days of Summer
Exuberantly ripe tomatoes, juicy sweet corn, quick-pickled red onions, and grilled bread come together in this summery mix. Lynda Balslev for Tastefood
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Nothing beats a leafy, brimming bowl layered with fresh garden pickings and the farmers market bounty. Sweet corn and juicy tomatoes are ripe headliners in high summer and pair up in this vibrant salad inspired by Italian panzanella. Panzanella translates to bread (pane) and a deep plate or bowl (zanella). It’s a Tuscan and Umbrian bread and tomato salad that relies on stale bread, which is refreshed in the juice of salted ripe tomatoes and tossed with a simple vinaigrette.

In-season corn kernels are crisp and juicy with a delicate milky sweetness. (osoznanie.jizni/Shutterstock)
In-season corn kernels are crisp and juicy with a delicate milky sweetness. osoznanie.jizni/Shutterstock
Lynda Balslev
Lynda Balslev
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Lynda Balslev is a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her Danish husband, two children, a cat, and a dog. Balslev studied cooking at Le Cordon Bleu Ecole de Cuisine in Paris and worked as a personal chef, culinary instructor, and food writer in Switzerland and Denmark. Copyright 2025 Lynda Balslev. Distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication.
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