Celebrate summer with sweet corn

As we approach the end of summer, fresh sweet corn is a culinary consolation.
Today’s hybrid corn is much sweeter than the starchier, deeply corn-flavoured kind of my childhood. You can find that old-fashioned taste in organic sweet corn, which is worth seeking out at farmers markets, but any type of fresh corn will shine in today’s array of recipes.
Foolproof Corn on the Cob
Cook’s Illustrated magazine shares this clever method in its September issue. By avoiding overcooking,