Grilled Eggplant, Peppers and Zucchini — Postcard

Char-grilled eggplant, zucchini rounds and sweet peppers, still marked with grill lines, piled on a white plate over a red-checkered napkin — a second plate of peppers waits just out of focus. The kind of end-of-summer spread that smells like a backyard barbecue.

Send it to a fellow home cook, or slip it into a card for someone planning their next cookout.