The Simple Art of the Summer Corn Salad - No. 126

How to recreate a corn salad from memory, plus grilling corn and making fresh corn stock

How I make corn salad is pretty much how I make everything these days. A blend of memory, an eye on what’s in season, and a great platter.

AS A YOUNG FOOD REPORTER IN ATLANTA, I didn’t have to go far to find a juicy story in the summertime. Peaches, blackberries, blueberries, muscadines, and scuppernongs flourished in backyards and farms. As did corn.

It …