This week's L.A. Times test kitchen recipes

All recipes that appear in the L.A. Times' weekly Food section are tested and perfected in our test kitchen before they're deemed fit to print. (That means you don't have to worry about a trial run before serving one of our recipes to company.) Rest assured, it should work the first time out of the gate.

Here's a look at this week's recipes:

Swordfish with tomatoes and fennel

Lentil salad with tomatoes, zucchini and arugula

The cucumber, pineapple juice and ginger aqua fresca served at Akasha in Culver City

-- Rene Lynch

Photo: Ricardo DeAratanha  / Los Angeles Times

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