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Grilled steak with guacamole salad by Jonathan Melendez.

Grilled Steak With Chunky Guacamole Salad

Large chunks of avocado and veggies act as a salad to super-flavorful steak seasoned with taco spices.
1 hour
Serves 4

Recipes for Summer

This spin on the famous Zuni Cafe chicken and bread salad is spiced with classic jerk seasonings like thyme, allspice, and Scotch bonnet chiles. Prop styling by Kate Parisian.

Zuni Cafe roast chicken with bread salad

1 hour 10 minutes
Serves 2 to 4
The Green Potato Salad with Zhoug,

Crunchy and Spicy Green Potato Salad

45 minutes, plus 1 hour chilling
Serves 8

Salsa de Molcajete

30 minutes
Makes 1 1/2 cups
Poc Chuc recipe from Mi Cocina.

Poc Chuc (Orange-and-Lime-Marinated Grilled Pork)

45 minutes, plus 2½ hours resting
Serves 6 to 8
Classic elote from Casa Vega restaurant in Sherman Oaks.

Classic elotes

15 minutes
Serves 4
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, May 25, 2022: A breakfast scene with English muffins and Summer Pudding Jam (made of blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries) for Ben Mims' last installment of "L.A. In a Jar" series photographed on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at the Los Angeles Times' test-kitchen studio in El Segundo, Cali. (Silvia Razgova / For the Times, Prop Styling / Jennifer Sacks) Assignment ID: 960871

Summer Pudding Jam

1 hour
Makes 5 half-pint jars
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Recipes from L.A. Chefs

EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, June 16, 2022: Chef Martin Draluck's rigatoni with cream, parmesan, black pepper and sherry photographed for Ben Mims' column on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at the Los Angeles Times' test kitchen in El Segundo, Cali. (Silvia Razgova / For the Times, Prop Styling / Jennifer Sacks) Assignment ID: 973882

Parmesan Mac N Cheese

Sotto chef and owner Steve Samson has filling in and is ready to fold and roll tortellini in brodo, a Bolognese New Year's staple at his restaurant in Los Angeles.

Tortellini in brodo

4 hours
Serves 12 to 16
LOS ANGELES, CA-ASeptember 5, 2019: Gambas al Ajillo prepared by chef Aitor Zabala at Somni restaurant on Thursday, September 5, 2019. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

Gambas al Ajillo: Garlicky Shrimp Saute

15 minutes
Serves 1 to 2
LOS ANGELES, CA-NOVEMBER 10, 2017: Ray Garcia's Buttermilk Biscuits (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times)

Buttermilk biscuits

1 hour
Makes about 12 biscuits
LOS ANGELES, CA -- THURSDAY JUNE 30, 2018--Msabaha, a chunky hummus at Bavel's restaurant. (Maria Alejandra Cardona / Los Angeles Times)

Bavel's hummus masabacha

30 minutes
Makes a generous 2 cups
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JULY 28, 2021: Braised Chicken with Tomatillo and a side of Bean and Cucumber Salad; for the August Week of Meals story by Ben Mims, photographed on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at Proplink Studios in Arts District Los Angeles. (Silvia Razgova / For The Times) ATTN: 815461-la-fo-week-of-meals-august-2021

Chipotle-Braised Chicken With Tomatillo Bean Salad

50 minutes
Serves 4

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