For a fast and easy warm-weather salad, it doesn’t get better than Watermelon Feta. According to Google Trends, searches for watermelon and feta cheese salads have spiked every July for more than a decade. To taste it is to know why. The distinct and refreshing combo is something I could ...

As summer sets in, warm bowls of chewy, satisfying ramen and soba can take a refreshing turn to become the center of chilled salads such as hiyashi chuka. The Japanese dish typically is served as a cone of chilled ramen noodles covered with julienned strips of several ingredients, including ...

Thin cuts of steak such as flat iron and hanger are great for weeknight meals because they’re full of flavor and cook up fast. But a flavorful spice rub and quick marinade easily elevate the meat to something special. Pairing it with a simple side of partially mashed chickpeas makes for a ...

Spiralizing zucchini into “noodles” often translates into a wan and watery dish, a poor imitation of the pasta it attempts to emulate. Generally, it’s better to let an ingredient shine on its own merits. And for raw zucchini, we didn’t need to look far to find a better answer. The ...

Street vendors across East Asia scrunch small pieces of meat onto skewers and baste them over hot coals with a sweet and savory sauce. Amid the sizzle and aromatic puffs of smoke, the sauce thickens to a luscious glaze, and — importantly — the meat cooks up fast. This combination of speed ...

Western cooks too often go too light on fresh herbs, treating them more as garnish than flavoring. We prefer the Thai approach, which uses ingredients such as basil, mint and cilantro by the fistful. Take Thailand’s chicken-and-basil stir-fry — gai pad krapow — which piles on basil, ...