Tomato

A flexible San Francisco favorite, finished with bright, garlicky gremolata toasts for soaking up the saucy broth.

This pasta has some really big energy about it. It’s so extra, it’s the type of thing you should be eating in your bikini while drinking a magnum of rosé, not in Hebden Bridge (or wherever you live), but on a beach on Mykonos.

An ex-boyfriend’s mom—who emigrated from Colombia—made the best meat sauce—she would fry sofrito for the base and simply add cooked ground beef, sazón, and jarred tomato sauce. My version is a bit more bougie—it calls for caramelized tomato paste and white wine—but the result is just as good.

This is what I call a fridge-eater recipe. The key here is getting a nice sear on the sausage and cooking the tomato down until it coats the sausage and vegetables well.

This marinara sauce is great tossed with any pasta for a quick and easy weeknight dinner that will leave you thinking, “Why didn’t anyone try this sooner?”

This dish is not only a quick meal option but also a practical way to use leftover phở noodles when you’re out of broth.

This sauce is slightly magical. The texture cloaks pasta much like a traditional meat sauce does, and the flavors are deep and rich, but it’s actually vegan!

This riff on çılbır marries garlicky yogurt, fried eggs, and spiced butter with summer tomatoes.

Garlic and chile are what really make this das medames sing, while hearty cumin, fresh cilantro, tomato, and tahini pile on layers of flavors.

Cajun-Creole shrimp is combined with a light cream sauce, and two together are off-the-charts delicious. It’s full of flavor without being too spicy.

This vegan version of the classic North African scramble uses soft silken tofu instead of eggs without any sacrifice of flavor.

Summer’s best produce cooked into one vibrant, silky, flavor-packed dish.

With flash-seared squid, tomatoes, olives, parsley, and a tangy lemon vinaigrette.

With a heap of fresh produce and creamy sauce, this one-pot pasta endures for a reason.

This simple dish of beans simmered in a spicy sauce is found in every corner food stall in Peshawar, Pakistan.

A go-to recipe for more than just pasta. Put it toward chicken, meatballs, and more.

With layers of flavor and centuries of history, chiles rellenos makes an excellent vegetarian main.

Summer suppers don't get breezier or better than this.

Warm tortillas, refried beans, sunny eggs, and a salsa you'll write home about.

This simple recipe—a seriously good celebration of high summer—deserves the very best tomatoes you can find.