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Summertime Anytime Cookbook (Clarkson Potter)

By Dana Slatkin

In the Summertime Anytime Cookbook, Dana Slatkin uses fresh local produce to create recipes devoted to "giving to those we love through simple, artful cooking; and bringing the beauty and freedom of the beach into our everyday lives." Slatkin, a Culinary Institute of America alum who trained in three-star restaurants in France, organizes her recipes by weather. If this sounds unconventional, after browsing through the 130 luxuriantly photographed recipes you'll find yourself agreeing it makes perfect sense. A warm sunny picnic day demands cucumber gazpacho or a grilled snapper sandwich with roasted pepper aioli on focaccia, for example, while a summer shower calls for dipping a baby grilled cheese in Slatkin's velvety plum tomato soup. Section titles include Sunny Days, Cloudy Days, Balmy Nights, Stormy Nights, and Misty Mornings, and each features a menu perfect for that climate. Only Partly Cloudy with 30 Percent Chance of Rain is missing.

-- Vanessa Seder

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