Stuffed cucumber kimchi with a different twist. Step-by-step instructions with photos.

A shiso pesto pasta inspired by childhood summers spent in Japan.

Green chili made with lamb breasts. Tangy, sweet, smoky and fall-off-the-bone tender.

This vegetarian take on the classic Korean Bi Bim Bap is a healthy meatless alternative with marinated broccoli and pickled raw beets.

A classic Margherita Pizza how Margherita of Savoy may have had it in Naples in 1889.

The vinegar in this fuschia pickle releases the natural color in the beets. This sweet tangy pickle goes great with Indian food.

Curried ratatouille, an Indian take on the French classic.

Spicy peanut butter and braised pork belly sandwich.

Green gumbo with kale, beet, carrot, celery, and mustard greens, bacon and andouille sausage.

Fried Spanish Olives with oil roasted Marcona almonds one of the many treats at La Luce in Orlando, Florida.

Crispy Moulard Duck with Plum & Elderflower Emulsion. A simple summer meal thrown on a plate.

A surgeon’s hands stitch up a whole lamb stuffed with aromatics and marinated in a yogurt cumin brine.

Green bean curry with coconut and Indian spices is a delicious and healthy way to use the summer’s bounty.

Heirloom tomato and Purslane salad with white peach dressing. Summer on a plate, weeds and all.

Chicken braised with cheek puckeringly tart umeboshi along with red perilla leaves makes for a colorful cross-cultural dish.

Baby octopus braised until tender with garlic, tomatoes, and piquillo peppers.

A Spanish menu including Jamón Ibérico de Bellota con Melón, Gambas Al Ajillo, and Sopa de Ajo to celebrate Spain’s World Cup 2010 win

Pork belly cooked “kakuni” style with cubes of tender turnip.