Some of my favorite recipes start with a little improvising—and this charred corn recipe is one of them. One evening, I had a bag of frozen corn, a pint of cherry tomatoes past their prime, and not ...

To blanch corn on the cob, bring water to a boil, add the cobs and then begin the timing process when the water begins boiling again. I looked up from my plate and grinned. I had capped most of my ...