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Recipe report: Cool cooking for hot days

Menu items that feature fresh, seasonal ingredients and require little or no cooking are the way to go on summer days like these.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

July 8, 2021

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As the summer heat wave continues to blanket many parts of the country, no cook wants to spend a lot of time over a hot stove. Menu items that feature cool, seasonal ingredients and require little or no cooking are the way to go—starting with these five recipes.Photograph: Shutterstock

Recipe report: Cool cooking for hot days

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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