Root Source Challenge

Straight or crookneck, yellow squash is a vibrant addition to the summer squash family. How do you like to use it? Send us your favorite yellow squash recipes for the Root Source Challenge #21.

A thick slice of watermelon goes a long way on a hot day. How do you doctor watermelon when you’re not eating it all by its lonesome? Let us know with your best watermelon recipes for the Root Source Challenge!

A long, thick belly cut, the skirt steak goes tough past medium-rare. But it’s a perfect cut a quick cook over high heat, so it’s one of our favorite cuts to throw on a really hot grill. It’s also the subject of the Root Source Challenge #19.

We’re in the last month of “mudbug” season, so send us your best recipes for Root Source Challenge #18: Crawfish.

Our favorite recipe featuring crawfish will be featured in the Root Source and published on Cookthink.com. The author will also receive a copy of Ralph Brennan’s New Orleans Seafood Cookbook. Submissions are due by 12pm EST Tuesday, June 17.

For me, the most undeniable sign of summer is a warm, ripe strawberry. Its juicy sweetness is as sunny as the rays at the beach and as cooling as the saltwater spray. Share your strawberry secrets with us by entering your recipe to Root Source Challenge #17: Strawberry.

The baby of the onion family, chives add both color and intense flavor to your favorite dish.

Tell us how you use chives by entering your recipe to Root Source Challenge #16: Chives.

Our favorite recipe featuring chives will be featured in the Root Source and published on Cookthink.com. The author will receive a copy of The Food Encyclopedia, by Jacques Rolland and Carol Sherman.

Contrary to its name, the Boston Butt comes from the front of the pig. A fatty cut ideal for slow-cooked pulled pork, Boston Butt is a favorite of barbecues. Send us your best Boston Butt recipes for Root Source Challenge #15.

In Massachusetts, we’re being overrun by rhubarb right now. One neighbor’s soft law: every time you walk by his garden, you have to take at least a few stalks. What do you do with yours? Let us know by sending your favorite rhubarb recipes?

Though we can never remember what the difference is between sardines and anchovies, we’re always happy with either. Sardines are an intense source of flavor (as well as Omega-3s) and the subject of Root Source Challenge #13.

The Kentucky Derby is a little less than a month away. To celebrate the most exciting two minutes in sports, we’re featuring bourbon in our Derby week Root Source. Give us your drinks, your dishes, your desserts—your best recipes featuring bourbon.