The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen

Sprinkle these simple cookies with sanding sugar and serve them with ice cream. Or leave off the sugar and serve with tea for a more savory option.

Perfect with Tri-Tip, this rub from Sue Torres, chef at Sueños in New York City, will give smoky flavor to any steak.

Cherry tomatoes—grilled on the vine and drizzled with fragrant basil-mint oil—burst with flavor alongside salty grilled Halloumi cheese and crisp, cool watermelon.

Briny shellfish give this quick bouillabaisse its depth of flavor. Basil rouille (a garlicky Provençal mayonnaise) adds vibrancy.

Our favorite Mexican street food gets the crostini treatment.

Simple preparations like this let the buttery flavor and langoustine-like texture of Santa Barbara spot prawns, a West Coast delicacy, shine. Feel free to substitute any jumbo American shrimp.

It's the ketchup of the summer. Spoon this on grilled lamb, pork chops, eggplant, or line-caught swordfish.

Ladolemono, with its one-to-one acid-to-oil ratio (as opposed to the usual one-to-three), is a classic Greek vinaigrette that gives a flash of brightness to grilled octopus, shrimp, squid, or the smoky, crispy skin of a whole branzino

How do you impart the most flavor in a boil without overcooking the shrimp? Ice! Adding 4 cups of ice cubes to the pot as soon as the shrimp are cooked through allows them to continue to absorb the flavors of the boil without getting tough. For a classic meal, pair with corn on the cob and boiled potatoes, or serve as a starter for a crowd.

Quick pickled figs add a sweet-tartness to this bruschetta.

This is inspired by the Italian combination of fruit and ham (think melon and prosciutto) by way of Georgia.

You can sub in fresh favas or edamame for the peas.

Sautéing and simmering shrimp shells to make a quick stock gives this soup a deeper, richer flavor.

The paper-thin crust and pillowy crumb of a New Orleans—style French roll is essential to this classic sandwich—as is Crystal hot sauce.

Sesame oil and rice vinegar spin the caprese eastward.

There is almost no piece of meat—except for a big, fat, expensive rib eye or porterhouse—that cannot be improved by a good dry rub. It's quick to assemble yet will pay you back in smoky dividends all summer long.

This is a classic Scandinavian-style smørrebrød.

Briny-sweet crab and piquant chiles shine on subtly flavored white bread.