Ingredients 4 large eggs (optional) 1 head of garlic, peeled 3 cups Thai basil ¾ cup vegetable oil, divided ¼ cup michiu tou or other rice wine 1 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, plus more 4 garlic chives, cut into ½" pieces 2 cups mung bean sprouts 4 se

Ingredients • 1 pound zucchini (or any summer squash), sliced into 1/2-inch rounds • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided • 3 small cloves garlic • 10 mint leaves • 5 basil leaves • 1 heaping tablespoon capers, rinsed • 2 tablespoons walnuts or pine nuts, lightly toasted • 1 teaspoon red win

• YIELD 1 2/3 cups • TIME 20 minutes The key to making creamy pesto is to add the ingredients to the food processor in the right order to ensure that the nuts break down to a fine paste before the greens have a chance to turn brown. Use basic basil pesto as a pasta sauce, or thin it out wit

Basil Honey Syrup Ingredients • 1 cup basil leaves • 1/2 filtered water • 1/2 cup honey {see notes} • 1/8 teaspoon pink Himalayan salt Instructions • Combine in a blender the basil leaves, water, honey and salt, and process until smooth. • Strain through a fine mesh sieve and into a contai