Recipes

Fresh-fruit salad — watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, peaches, and blueberries chilled in a mint-lime syrup.

Combine lemon juice and grated lemon rind or lemon extract; gradually stir in sweetened condensed milk. Add egg yolks and stir until well blended. Pour into chilled pie shell. Add cream of tartar to e

Classic Southern pimento cheese spread — room-temperature Colby cheese mashed with diced pimentos and just enough mayo to hold it together. Best chilled overnight.

Silky green split pea soup ladled around a centerpiece of roasted fennel and chilled lobster salad, garnished with crispy fried parsley.