When the heat of summer is on, this is the perfect dish to get dinner on the table in no time flat.

It requires absolutely no cooking — just some knife work.

It is full of freshness, crunchiness, and vibrant, good-for-you ingredients.

“Smoked Salmon Lettuce Wraps” is all that.

It’s from “The Mediterranean Dish Simply Dinner” (Clarkson Potter, 2024), of which I received a review copy.

It’s by Suzy Karadsheh, the Egyptian-born, New York Times best-selling cookbook author and creator of The Mediterranean Dish cooking and lifestyle site who now makes her home in Atlanta.

The cookbook features 125 recipes that follow her carefree philosophy that dinner needn’t always follow a formal format but can be much more free-form. Why not make an entire dinner out of mezze, such as “Cherry Tomato, Pomegranate, and Mint Salsa with Pine Nuts,” “Fried Goat Cheese Balls with Caramelized Onions, Balsamic, and Fig Spread,” and “Simple Marinated Chickpeas with Halloumi”? Or fire up the grill for “Green Goddess Chicken Kebabs” or “Grilled Shrimp Saganaki.”? Or make a one-pot meal like “Armenian Apricot and Red Lentil Soup” to enjoy with a round of crusty bread?

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