Fresh herbs and lime juice brighten skewers of silken tuna, and a new take on succotash brings together fresh beans, corn, sugar snap peas, and tomatoes with an avocado dressing.

Savor the last days of summer by spreading a cloth on the grass for a picnic dinner of grilled lobster and vegetables.

The quintessential summer meal: Prepare side dishes indoors, then head outside to the grill. A rolled fillet of salmon is coated with sesame seeds before being grilled. Sugar snap peas are dressed with shallots and mint; orange bell pepper and yellow cherry tomatoes enliven couscous.

Using classic seafood chowder as inspiration, fish fillets are grilled and served on top of a creamy sauce, while mini biscuits stand in for oyster crackers.

Hot mustard and peppery arugula heat up a grilled-salmon sandwich, while orange juice sweetens a crisp slaw.