These little bites will surprise with their tomato sweetness (bolstered with financier buns made with almond flour and confectioners sugar) and tart goat cheese.

These quick, easy, flavorful drop biscuits are the basis for Doc Martin’s egg, cheese, and red-chile breakfast sandwiches.

Though they’re quite irresistible right out of the oven, these moist and juicy drumsticks are perfect picnic food, since they’re also terrific cold.

Food editor Ian Knauer threw the whole summer farm stand into a cornmeal crust.

A very creamy classic cheesecake takes a summery turn with August’s glorious blackberries heightened with fresh mint.

The trees of Hansel and Gretel’s forest surely had bark like this, sparkling with sugar crystals and tasting of sylvan honey.

A Gaudi-like take on the fruit and cheese course—dried figs in red wine with helado de queso (cheese ice cream) as a cool companion and a topping of sweet-and-sour Sherry vinegar syrup—is pure Barcelona....

Here, prosciutto moves aside to put the cheese front and center, and an array of antipasto staples frame the crisp, gooey fried mozzarella.

This dish made everyone in the test kitchen swoon. Take it to a potluck, serve it with something, or make it a vegetarian main dish.