2 AUGUST 2019
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Summer
Parties
AUGUST RECIPES
4 What Ray’s pouring
now, staff favorites,
and 42 recipes
EDITOR’S LETTER
8 Simplicity is the name
of the end-of-
summer game.
OBSESSIONS
13 Curaçao gets
upstaged; chefs
gush over summer
produce; eco-
friendly outdoor
entertaining
HANDBOOK
25 Perfect pork ribs
and blueberry pie
are on the menu.
From Garden to Grill
Gorgeous, ultra-fresh produce steals the
spotlight at Washington, D.C., chef
Jeremiah Langhorne’s farm-to-table
dinner party. By Mary-Frances Heck
Tomatoes & Turmeric
Seven chefs explore the similarities
between Indian and American Southern
cuisines through a series of dinners from
Nashville to Asheville. By Chandra Ram
Salad Gold
Five scrumptious salads to make the
absolute most of your late-summer farmers
market haul. By Kelsey Youngman
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FEATURES
BOTTLE SERVICE
47 Celebrate Chardonnay’s
unexpected comeback
with 15 perfect bottles,
or indulge in a lawn
mower cocktail after a
hot day of yard work.
TRAVEL
59 The best spots to
experience Texas
barbecue’s modern-
day makeover
AT MY TABLE
104 Gail Simmons
on beating the heat
with a refreshing
coconut and frozen
cucumber cocktail
Got berries? Make
Nicole Rucker’s
Black-and-Blue Pie
with Brown Sugar
Crumb (recipe p. 38).
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ON THE COVER photography by GREG DUPREE; food styling by CHELSEA ZIMMER; prop styling by THOM DRIVER