Chef's recommendation: a variation on the Caprese salad

Elizabeth Karmel is a barbecue and Southern foods expert. She is the chef and pit master at online retailer CarolinaCueToGo.com and the author of three books, including Taming the Flame. The Caprese salad of fresh mozzarella, basil and tomatoes is universally loved.

I personally make it all summer long and although I mix up the tomatoes based on what I can buy at the farmers' market, it is virtually the same every time.

Since it is tomato season and we waited a long time for this moment, I looked for a new take on a summer favorite - and found it in Cravings, model Chrissy Teigen's cookbook that she co-wrote with Gourmet magazine alumna Adeena Sussman.