Especially noteworthy: the Maryland crab cakes with roasted corn salsa and the lobster Cobb salad.

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You can find it in many different forms in South Africa, including roasted corn on the cob in season.

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Sesame and almond crusted crab cake on a roasted corn and ricotta goat chest tower with avocado in a fire charred salsa surrounded by a guajillo sauce.

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The onions are used in a recipe for roasted sweet summer corn, whose master stroke is a sauce made from butter and white miso paste.

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Anyone who has grilled a cherry tomato, roasted an ear of corn, sampled eggplant slices brushed with olive oil and cooked over an open flame or even broiled a simple mushroom cap can testify to the joys of grilling vegetables.

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If grilling isn't an option, boiled corn can stand in for grilled, though it won't have the same rich, roasted appeal.

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Best bets: heirloom squash and chestnut soup, coriander-seared duck breast with roasted parsnip and sweet potato sauce, pan-seared trout with sweet pea and corn pancakes.

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