Sourdough and summer produce are the foods of the moment, the raison d'etre for home cooks in quarantine these days. Add to that beans and barbecue and you have the four food groups of summer 2020.

Four months ago, supermarkets couldn't keep flour, yeast and beans on the shelves -- people immersed themselves in home baking to pass the time and beans made some feel more prepared for whatever might come. If you haven't found the perfect timing for your beans, try heirloom bean company Rancho Gordo's Steven Sando's technique that involves the movie "All About Eve."

If you're on the sourdough train and looking for other recipes to use your starter in, try this sourdough pizza dough that "waits on you and not vice versa," writes Olga Massov for The Washington Post. Or, take some inspiration from Paris's Boulangerie Utopie, which makes sourdough croissants.

Going back to summer's regularly scheduled programming, the lettuces that come with the season are plentiful and varied. Knowing the best ways to use each type can take your salad game to the next level -- use this guide to 18 popular lettuces. Looking for a new barbecue recipe? Try these Michelada ribs with hibiscus bbq sauce from Esteban Castillo's “Chicano Eats”, one of many new notable cookbooks this summer.

A charmoula sauce made with garlic, coriander, preserved lemon and herbs brightens up zucchini that is grilled until caramelized and tender. CIA Foodies

Fresh preserves make this crostata appropriate for breakfast. Use any summer fruit you have on hand -- even frozen will work. Fine Cooking

From salads and dips to pies and tarts, this list offers both sweet and savory recipe ideas for this summer's bounty of tomatoes. Saveur

This versatile, tangy, spicy Asian balsamic marinade is great on chicken, pork or salmon. In this video, chef Barbara Alexander uses the marinade on chicken wings. Find more recipes made with Balsamic Vinegar of Modena.

That time is now. Brooklyn, N.Y.-based St. Agrestis distillery, which focuses on Italian spirits, has introduced a boxed version of its bottled Negroni. Each 1.75-liter box equates to about 20 drinks, contains St. Agrestis' Inferno Bitter liquor, house-made vermouth and Greenhook Ginsmiths gin and is available for purchase online.

House Wine and the Cheez-It brand have teamed up to offer a limited-edition crackers-and-wine duo, which comes in a single package containing white cheddar Cheez-Its and House Wine rose. The effort is a follow-up on the success of a similar offering last year; sales of the $29.99 pack began July 23 on House Wine's website and at select Kroger locations in California, Washington and Arizona.

Certainly some celebs, like Snoop Dogg, put some thought into the quality of what comes out of the bottle. However, other celebs see wine deals as just a cash grab, Esquire's Victoria James writes.

Here's a look at some of the most-clicked stories in SmartBrief's publications for professional chefs and sommeliers: ProChef SmartBrief and CIA Wine & Beverage Edition

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