Fruit

This no-cook salsa pairs sweet and juicy watermelon with smoky chiles. Looks like gravy, tastes like summer.

You can make a larger batch of the Earl Grey sugar and sprinkle it on sugar cookies, pie dough, or scones before baking.

Vinegar and strawberries become best friends in this flavorful infusion.

Strawberries and cream…and cardamom. The cooling spice and cucumbers give berries an element of intrigue.

This classic Caribbean cocktail combines crushed ice with spirits and citrus, "swizzled" into something between a julep and a grown-up snow cone. Frosty and tropical, it's the quickest way to channel island time.

Go with a Brut style (the driest) when picking out your Prosecco for max refreshment.

If your jam mixture is still runny after the gel test, simmer a few minutes longer and try again. Just be careful: It's possible to overcook jam. If subjected to too much heat, pectin loses its setting power.

Store infused boozy fruit in a cool, dark place to slow oxidation, kinda like aging your own wine!

Store infused booze in a cool, dark place to slow oxidation, kinda like aging your own wine!

Slightly underripe plums? Add a touch more honey.

Before you even start making this showstopper of a summer dessert, clear some space in your freezer. For this ice cream cake recipe, you’ll need a spot big enough to park a springform pan that’s filled to the brim.

If your jam mixture is still runny after the gel test, simmer a few minutes longer and try again. Just be careful: It's possible to overcook jam. If subjected to too much heat, pectin loses its setting power.

Shrubs also make for fabulous nonalcoholic drinks—just add soda for a tart, gulpable fruit drink.

Yes, it’s a long recipe with several parts, but each step is easy enough, and it can all be made ahead.

Nothing could be simpler than combining ripe produce with the alcohol of your choice to reap the rewards months later. The technique also works with nonalcoholic liquids like honey or vinegar.

We've got a few simple tricks for choosing the best stone fruit at the farmers' market. Here's how to buy peaches, plums, and more.

Citrus + beer. This is your summer drinking mantra.

There's nothing better than a perfectly ripe, in-season apricot…well, except for these apricot recipes. Can't get 'em ripe? We've got recipes for dried apricots, too.

What if we told you there was a sweet-salty condiment that required no refrigeration, and would taste great any time of day, at any meal, and even with cocktails? Meet Ozuké's umeboshi.

The ultimate summer snack just got a revamp.

It's hot out, but we're staying cool with lemony dressings, quick seafood dishes, and grilled everything.

You know what most chicken salads are missing? Crunch. Not this one!

Make Grandma Prue proud and throw yourself a sorbet-in-grapefruit-cup party.

Here's how to buy, store, and cook with all kinds of melon, in season in July.