Classic Italian flavors — sweet summer tomatoes, bitter, salty capers and a bright red wine vinaigrette loaded with fresh basil and oregano — come together with Farfalle bowties for a quick, fresh and clean pasta salad ready for your next cookout. It might inspire your guests, like mine, to say this is the best pasta salad ever.

This salad with earthy lamb, dill and broccoli, and sharp feta, is bold, herbaceous and complex, the perfect companion for the rich, round flavors of the potato and pasta salads at your summer cookout. It is fabulously fresh for summer and hearty enough for a fall dinner when Brassicas like broccoli are really shining at the farm market.

Tangy, spicy and warmly flavored Tunisian Harissa paste flavors a sweet, complex marinade paired perfectly with bright summer tomatoes and rich sirloin that get a smoky hit from the grill.

Fresh mint, a sharp bright vinaigrette, and the bold, sweet garlicy flavor of the scapes make this the perfect light, fresh-tasting potato salad. Perfect with roast lamb or grilled chicken!