Combined with chopped tomatoes and basil, it produces what has to be one of the best simple summer dishes in existence.

Smaller meat tortellini in a cream sauce ($12.50), though not exactly a summer dish, was robust.

It can even transform itself into a cool character in refreshing spring and summer dishes.

There were all these aristocratic Italian ladies with their summer dishes.

It is a healthful summer dish with no cream or butter.

Sorrel and spinach are also ubiquitous in Polish summer dishes.

It involves changing from cool summer dishes to more hearty foods.

Menemen and çılbır are typical summer dishes, based on eggs.

Fried eggplant and pepper is a common summer dish in Turkey.

A favorite summer dish, along with fresh sweet corn, is fried green tomatoes.