Last call for corn

Please add your favorites to the recipe files!

Last week we talked about tomatoes, and everyone talked about tomatoes, but I know the moment is slipping past.

I’m seeing whispering about squash. The beach has emptied out, the cars are loading up. But I urge you: wait!

It is so easy to rush the cusp, to jump ahead to burbling pots of chili and spaghetti sauce and roasted vegetables, but friends: there is so much time for that. And right now, we can luxuriate in corn for one more moment, even if life is speeding up again.

Have you tried milk in that corn-cooking bath? Have you tried a bit of sugar?

I need to eat boiled corn on the cob at least a few more times, but if you want dress up your corn to nudge it into center stage, or if you have exhausted your excitement for a log cabin of ears on the dinner table, maybe these recipes are your ticket.

When in doubt, put corn (snacks or chips) on corn, like

Rebecca Firkser

does in this layered dip-for-dinner, and

Paola Bri-González

does in these Esquites con Salsa de Totopos.

More ideas below; I hope you’ll consider this a living list and add your personal go-tos below.

• Stuart Brioza’s Sweet Corn Pancakes With Mt. Tam Cheese (Food & Wine)

• Reem Kassis’s Caramelized Corn and Sumac Over Labneh (Washington Post)

• Monique Wells’s Maque Choux (excerpted from Toni Tipton-Martin’s Jubilee)

• Carolyn Gratzer Cope’s Zucchini and Corn Fritters (Umami Girl)

• Leela Punyaratabandhu
  ’s Som Tam Khao Phot (excerpted from Bangkok)

• Sunny Lee’s Korean Corn Cheese (Serious Eats)

• Eric Kim’s Mac and Corn Cheese (Food & Wine)

• Hetty McKinnon’s Charred Corn and Chickpea Salad With Lime Crema (New York Times)

• Sohla El-Waylly’s Corn and Peach Chaat (Bon Appétit)

• Khushbu Shah
  ’s Cheesy Masala Corn Pizza (excerpted from Amrikan)

• Justine Doiron
  ’s Corn and Quinoa Salad with Pineapple Dressing (Justine Snacks)

• Deb Perelman’s Corn Butter Farro (Smitten Kitchen)

• César Pérez’s Smoky Southwest Chicken Thighs with Charred Corn & Poblano Gnocchi (Food52)

• Stella Parks’s Sweet and Savory Corn Casserole (Serious Eats)

• Julia Turshen
  ’s Crispy, Smoky Skillet Corn (Washington Post)

• Esteban Castilla’s Pan de Elote (Chicano Eats)

• Andrea Nguyen’s Vietnamese Corn Milk (and Pops) (Viet World Kitchen)

• Yotam Ottolenghi’s Corn Creme Brulee With Coffee Liqueur (The Guardian)

The recipes above are only meant to kick things off: What are your favorite things to make with corn? How will you prepare it, one more time?