The Perfect Thing to Make During a Heat Wave

Whip this up and serve it on anything

Mark Bittman
Heated
Published in
4 min readJul 18, 2019

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This year, I planted basil two ways: from plants I bought, and direct from seed. The first few weeks, I was nibbling on the plants, but by now there’s not much difference between the two. I have a lot of basil, and have been using it in almost everything. My favorite not-too-common use was in this fruit salad.

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Mark Bittman
Heated

Has published 30 books, including How to Cook Everything and VB6: The Case for Part-Time Veganism. Newsletter at markbittman.com.