Hot Weather Cooking

Flavor-packed recipes with a Midwestern twist, designed to beat the heat.

Hot weather is the best time for casual and quick “cooking lite”—a pasta dish that’s thrown together in 15 minutes, a salad with lots of colorful fruits or vegetables and little else, an easy dessert with no baking required and forgiving ingredients lists. Hot Weather Cooking is just the sort of inspiration necessary to eat well, even when it’s sweltering outside. From abundant grazing boards and crisp salads to grilled mains, chilled pastas, refreshing drinks, and effortless desserts, these dishes make the most of summer without demanding hours at the stove. With recipes like Tomatoes with Whipped Feta & Spicy Tahini, Dill Pickle Potato Salad, Miso Chicken Salad Sandwiches, and Grilled Corn & Pancetta Pizza, Hot Weather Cooking also features menus and hosting ideas for backyard barbecues, no-cook dinner parties, weekends at the cabin, and other easygoing seasonal occasions. With a subtle Midwestern sensibility and an emphasis on simplicity, flexibility, and fresh ingredients, this is the cookbook you’ll reach for all summer long.