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![Recipe: Silverbeet, golden kumara, plum and walnut salad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Silverbeet, golden kumara, plum and walnut salad
This is a recipe which makes use of silverbeet which flourishes in the garden.
![Recipe: Rustic plum tart](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Rustic plum tart
If you make your own pastry you need a batch of short sweet or pate brisee, as they say in French. I used a sheet of thawed frozen.
![Recipe: A verrine of plums, pork and chevre with crostini crumble](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: A verrine of plums, pork and chevre with crostini crumble
The French have a stylish name for an entrée or dessert presented in a glass, a verrine.
![Useful ways to use up your plums (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Useful ways to use up your plums (+recipes)
There are so many ways you can cook with delicious and plentiful plums.
![Roasted tomato chutney](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Roasted tomato chutney
This may be a little time consuming but it has to be one of the best tomato chutneys you will ever make.
![Jane's New Year in nice pasta sauce](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Jane's New Year in nice pasta sauce
Recipes, like ingredients, travel. This pasta sauce travelled via my friend Jane from Nice where she learned to cook it one New Year’s Eve. It can be made all year round by substituting three cans of whole tomatoes when tasty fresh ones are not available.
![Sweetcorn is simple (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Sweetcorn is simple (+recipes)
You really know it's summer when you're on a holiday road trip and you pass stalls selling fresh produce.
![Introducing kids to the blueberry fields](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Introducing kids to the blueberry fields
Once plentiful, pick-your-own orchards are now a rarity. Bronwyn Sell packs hats and buckets for a family day adventure.
![Making the most of taste sensations (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Making the most of taste sensations (+recipes)
Challenge the taste buds with some specialty salad leaf recipes.
![Recipe: Frisee](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Frisee
The chicory family has many members and should all be eaten young. Frisee is the sweetest of this bitter group.
![Recipe: Radicchio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Radicchio
A little of this goes a long way to my taste. I like to mix it up with other less strident leaves but I can't resist its gorgeous ruby colour.
![Seasonal fruits - fresh and simple (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Seasonal fruits - fresh and simple (+recipes)
When planning your summer menus, make the most of what's readily available.
![Recipe: Skirt steak and guacamole quesadillas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Skirt steak and guacamole quesadillas
Your friends are going to want more than one of these after trying them so it would be a good idea to prepare lots on hand.
![Recipe: Scallop and shrimp 'cocktail'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Scallop and shrimp 'cocktail'
This was a new trick for me. We are familiar with using citrus juice to make Polynesian-style raw fish but I had never seen tomato juice used to cook seafood. Those clever Mexicans, or in this case, a Venezuelan.
![Recipe: Guacamole](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Guacamole
There is a bumper crop of avocados this year so guacamole can become your summer staple.
![Recipe: Micheladas](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Recipe: Micheladas
All this food was making us thirsty, so Ramirez prepared micheladas. In another new trick, she rimmed the glass with magic powder mix - it was a taste explosion.
![Mexican food suited for summer (+recipes)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Mexican food suited for summer (+recipes)
Go shopping, call a bunch of friends and use the summer days to stage your own fiesta.
![Peter Gordon: Homemade bangers a thing of beauty](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
Peter Gordon: Homemade bangers a thing of beauty
The executive chef of dine by Peter Gordon at SkyCity answers your cuisine questions.
![A mixologist's guide to cocktail drinking (+ recipe)](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=808)
A mixologist's guide to cocktail drinking (+ recipe)
Mai Tais, margaritas, lychee mint muddles - it's music to a cocktail drinker's ears.