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The theme for the Summersend Festival this year is Stay Cool: A Summersend Culinary Survival Guide, so what better way to celebrate it than with sharing food!

Cooked something recently that you're proud of?
Ate out somewhere and took a great Instagram pic?
Looking to try something new?

Just post below pictures of food that you took or recipes that you've used and want to share -- or even post pictures/recipes from the Internet that you've been wanting to try!

I think I shall start by sharing some great (East/Southeast) Asian desserts that I've had over the past half year or so. (How healthy, starting with the desserts. )

Rolled Ice Cream, Juicy Spot

Taiyaki Soft Serve, SomiSomi

Cream Puff, Bibble & Sip

Grass Jelly and Ice Cream, SweetHoney

Shaved Ice, Meet Fresh

Unfortunately haven't cooked much recently though. Should probably cook more.

Oh boy, I wish I had pictures of all of my experiments recently, but these should suffice. Ping or PM me for a recipe (be sure I give it to you ASAP otherwise you're fated to end up like AJ, who's been waiting 84 years for a cookie recipe). I won't flood this topic yet.

Homemade

Bacon Wrapped Jalapeño Popper Chicken with Spanish Rice

Challah

Pad Thai

Peanut Chicken with Jasmine Rice and Roasted Broccoli

Restaurant

Thai Rolled Icecream, 8 Degrees Fahrenheit Ice Cream

Boba Milk Tea, Kung Fu Tea

Squid, Red Sun

Purple Queen, London Calling

Sorbet, Yumm Thai

Recipes I Want to Try

Mozzarella Arancini

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mozzarella-arancini-stuffed-rice-balls

Pork Soup Dumplings

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/pork-soup-dumplings

Turkey Stuffed Poblanos with Avocado Crema

https://www.joyfulhealthyeats.com/turkey-stuffed-poblanos-with-avocado-crema/

So I'm not as good as taking pictures of food as you guys are, but I did cook some homemade pizza the other night using a pizza dough recipe that my (Italian) mom uses for her pizzas. It's not the same kind of pizza that most people are used to -- it's a little more dense -- but I've come to love it, and now I've finally cooked it myself!

pics

   
Toppings: fresh sliced mozzarella, fresh basil leaves, and deli-cut pepperoni. We started eating the first before I got a chance to take a pic. And the second one we ended up putting back in the oven for a little longer.

recipe

Dough
1. Mix the following in a large plastic container until dissolved:
1 tablespoon yeast
1 tablespoon salt
3.5 cups warm water

2. Add 6.5 cups flour and mix with a fork until all incorporated. Don't overmix (no need to knead).

3. Cover container with lid or plastic wrap and put in refrigerator until risen (few hours).

Sauce
1. In a medium saucepan over low heat, warm a tablespoon or so of olive oil.

2. Add 2 or 3 cloves of minced garlic and cook, stirring, for about a minute.

3. Increase the heat to medium. Add 2 pounds of diced fresh San Marzano (or similar) tomatoes, 1 teaspoon honey, and salt and black pepper (to taste). (For a slightly lighter taste, save a few tomatoes for later.)

4. Leave over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until boiling. Reduce heat to low for a nice simmer.

5. Simmer uncovered for 90 minutes.

6. Stir in 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, a few leaves fresh basil, and 1 dried clove (use much less if using dried/ground spices, to taste). (These are the spices my mom uses for her red sauce, but feel free to mix it up.)

7. Allow the sauce to cool to a safe temperature and then, working in batches with a blender, blend until smooth. (If a few tomatoes have been saved, add them to the blender.)

Pizza
1. Heat oven to 450°F.

2. Spread a couple tablespoons of olive oil across pizza pan/cookie sheet.

3. Add enough pizza dough to pan that it can be spread across about half an inch thick. (Don't worry too much about making it too thin, uniform, or pretty.)

4. Spread pizza sauce around dough, leaving up to an inch border.

5. Add other toppings.

6. Place pizza in oven for about 20 minutes. (The timing all depends on the pizza thickness, toppings, pan size, etc., so make sure to keep an eye on it and alter the time accordingly.)

7. Repeat for the remaining pizza dough. (You could get two or three pizzas out of it, depending on your pizza thickness and pan size.)

8. EAT THAT SHIT UP.

That cheese is perfectly "burned". Love it.