Tomato recipes to celebrate tomato season

When they're looking this good, it's hard not to have tomatoes with everything.

Alla Wolf-Tasker's heirloom tomato and house-made ricotta salad
Summer is the season of tomatoes, which means incorporating the fleshy fruit into any meal possible. In this collection, we have everything from fresh tomato recipes, such as heirloom tomato salad and light snacks, to more robust recipes with tomatoes including focaccia topped with cherry tomatoes, fresh pasta with summer tomatoes and fresh basil, and baked chicken dishes with tomatoes.
We like piling thick slices of ripe tomatoes onto crusty bread, dicing and tossing them through vibrant salads, or simmering them in braises. Really, we're all about making the most of tomato season in the best possible ways.
Here are our best tomato recipes.