August delights

Here are six recipes that sound irresistible this month.

Happy August, marvelous cook!

I’m just back from a badly needed getaway to Northern California for a little R&R and a lot of oysters from Tomales Bay. I got to visit a dear old friend, whose Santa Rosa plum tree was heavy with fruit. Lucky me — my friend sent me home with a giant bag of my all-time favorite fruit.

But humans can’t live on plums alone, so I’ve rounded up dishes that sound super appealing just now.