Summer Cooking

For Elizabeth David, summer fare meant fresh, seasonal foodrecipes that could be prepared quickly and savored slowly, from Gnocchi alla Genovese (simply an excuse for eating pesto) to La Poule au Pot to Gooseberry Fool. Her 1955 classic work, now reissued in a handsome, attractively priced hardback edition, includes an overview of herbs as well as chapters on impromptu cooking for holidays and picnics.