Fruit

Here's how to buy, store, and cook with blueberries, in season in July.

It's time to stop talking about food waste and start working to reduce it. This company is doing just that, by delivering ugly fruits and veggies right to your door.

The real fireworks this Fourth of July are in the picnic basket. Let chef Ari Kolender of Leon’s Oyster Shop take care of the menu.

You could eat your berries with whipped cream and sugar, or you could try these creamy-crunchy riffs instead.

These frozen treats are also super cute made with orange rinds and work with any flavor sorbet or sherbet you fancy.

Novice bakers, this one’s for you.

Aside from banana, we can’t think of a fruit that wouldn’t be good in this drink.

Grab a party hat; these cherries are having a jubilee.

Refreshing and a little bit inebriating; if you’ve got kids running around, pick up a box of Rocket Pops so there’s no confusion!

No one will know this umami-packed creamy dressing is made with tofu; they’ll just think it’s delicious.

To use loose leaf tea, substitute ½ teaspoon per bag.

A peppy cherry dressing is a natural pairing for pork.

The musky-sweet flavor of melon also takes well to red pepper flakes and cracked black pepper.

The best cherries have taut, shiny skin. Look closely!

A thousand might be an exaggeration, but this complex fruit syrup can be used countless ways. Add to spritzes, drizzle over fruit salads, mix into yogurt, or spoon onto grapefruit halves (just to name a few).

Line your Dutch oven with heavy-duty foil before baking for an effortless cleanup.

Make it ahead and leave out the seltzer if you want, but don’t add the citrus 'til it’s drinking time.

To make a no-churn version, use 1 cup cream in the custard and whip an additional ¾ cup. After adding berries, fold whipped cream into the base, then freeze in a plastic-wrap-lined loaf pan, 6 hours or overnight.

Dip strawberries into the creamy thing first, then the crunchy one.

Dip strawberries into the creamy thing first, then the crunchy one.

A tart drinking vinegar that can be made with whatever berries you have on hand. Use for spritzers, cocktails, even ice cream floats.

The best way to transport this peach crisp is right in the pan, snug in a box.

Dip strawberries into the creamy thing first, then the crunchy one.

Nectarines, all types of plums, or apricots are easy swaps for the peaches.