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    Summer Recipes | Seasonal Summer Cooking – Waves in the Kitchen

    Summer cooking is bright, juicy, and effortless. These recipes highlight peak-season fruits and vegetables — tomatoes, berries, stone fruit, and more — at their most flavorful. Fresh and vibrant summer cooking from Daniela Gerson.

    • Colorful cherry tomato salad with olive oil, shredded parmesan and freshly cracked black pepper, overhead shot.
      The Tomato Salad for Every Tomato
    • a red, white and blue composed salad arranged on a tray by color with red peppers and tomatoes, white cauliflower and potatoes and purple (but looks blue) potatoes and cauliflower and blue edible flowers with a creamy goat cheese vinaigrette in a small bowl.
      A Very Red, White & Blue Fourth of July Potato Salad That Happens To Be Mayo-Free
    • Tomato tart, made with colorful tomatoes, on a purple background
      Tomato Tart: What My Crème Fraîche, Juicy Summer Tomato Dreams Are Made Of
    • Oven dried pink pineapple rings on a wire rack — deep magenta, chewy, and caramelized after 8 hours.
      Dried Pineapple: One Ingredient, Nature's Candy
    • colorful no mayo potato salad with baby potatoes, shallots, watercress and herbs
      No-Mayo Potato Salad: Bright, Smoky & Herbaceous
    • a raw and round tomato galette with red, orange, yellow and green tomatoes
      The Greatest Tomato Galette of All Time (GTOAT)
    • roasted strawberries on a baking sheet
      Roasted Strawberries: Yes, You Can (And Should) Be Cooking Them
    • red, pink, orange, yellow and white melon chunks arranged by color
      Watermelon Colors: Every Juicy Color of the Melon Rainbow
    • Pappardelle pasta topped with jammy cherry tomato confit with colorful red and yellow tomatoes, creamy burrata, purple basil and red pepper flakes in a pink plate on a grey background, overhead shot.
      Tomato Burrata Pasta: Summer in a Bowl
    • Rhubarb tart sprinkled with pistachios and drizzled with honey, cut into square, overhead and a few squares missing.
      Rhubarb Puff Pastry Tart with Ginger-Vanilla Ricotta & Pistachios
    • Peach Galette: All Stone Fruit Welcome
    • very colorful tomato and melon salad topped with basil, spices and vinaigrette.
      Tomato Watermelon Salad: Sweet, Salty, Juicy & Every Color of Summer
    • Loaded hummus topped with cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, eggplant, capers, radishes, feta, pine nuts, and fresh herbs. Overhead shot.
      Loaded Hummus: A Mediterranean Riff on the 7-Layer Dip
    • Overhead shot of a baked strawberry rhubarb galette with vibrantly pink and magenta rhubarb stalks arranged in a tart pan with a golden flaky crust and a whole vanilla bean on a dark background.
      Strawberry Rhubarb Galette with a Sweet Date Twist
    • Cherry tomatoes on the vine in a pan with basil and garlic; overhead shot.
      Tomato Confit: Your Fav New Jammy Condiment
    • Peaches topped with sugar, vanilla and cinnamon; overhead and up close shot.
      Baked Peaches: Summer's Easiest Dessert You'll Make on Repeat
    • Watermelon feta salad with colorful red, pink, orange, yellow, green and white melon and feta cubes, topped with fresh herbs and spices. Overhead shot.
      Watermelon Feta Salad: The Sweet & Salty Salad You Want on Repeat All Summer Long
    • Overhead close-up of strawberry burrata panzanella salad with juicy halved strawberries, two balls of creamy burrata, homemade croutons, little gems and fresh basil, overhead shot.
      Strawberry Burrata Salad: A Cali Panzanella Riff
    • Overhead shot of cherry chicken in a white Staub cast iron skillet — bone-in chicken thighs topped with colorful cherries with fresh rosemary sprigs on a grey background, pre-baked and ready to go in the oven.
      Cherry Chicken: Your Fav Summer Skillet Dish
    • Overhead close-up of peach burrata salad with sliced peaches, nectarines and plums topped with creamy burrata, fresh basil and vinaigrette on a dark background.
      The Peach Burrata Salad You'll Make on Repeat All Summer
    • Baked feta with tomatoes, garlic, lemon and fresh herbs; overhead shot.
      Baked Feta: The Mediterranean Appetizer You'll Make On Repeat
    • Vibrantly pink watermelon strawberry gazpacho topped with corn, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and edible flowers in a light bowl on a dark background, overhead shot.
      Watermelon Gazpacho with Strawberries: The Prettiest Cold Soup of Summer
    • roasted cherries, just out of the oven, on a gold baking sheet, overhead shot.
      Roasted Cherries: Sweet, Syrupy & Done in 15 Minutes
    • Daniela Gerson's hands the olive olive and fresh strawberry cake, overhead shot.
      Strawberry Olive Oil Cake: Good Any Time of Day

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    Meet Daniela

    I’m Daniela — a chef turned food photographer sharing seasonal recipes and produce guides inspired by colorful California cooking.

    I’m on a mission to prove that veggies are sexy — and inspire ya to get playful in the kitchen.

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