International Recipes and Cooking Around the World

Summer: Recipes in Season

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Sizzling summer heat heralds the most abundant stretch of the annual growing season. Just as late spring produce begins to wane, heat-loving summer crops show up to eagerly take their place.

Tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, eggplant, summer squash and cucumbers fill supermarket shelves and farmers market stalls to overflowing. Stone fruits — cherries, peaches, plums, apricots — and bright, plump berries are highlight of summer's sweet fruit bounty.

Here is a list of items that are abundant, fresh and seasonal for Summer.

June Ingredients

June Vegetables

Asparagus | Beets | Corn | Fava Beans | Green Beans | Kohlrabi | Peas | Peppers | Spinach

June Fruits

Apricots | Bananas | Berries | Cherries | Mangoes | Melons | Peaches | Pineapple | Plums

June Fish and Seafood

Tuna

July Ingredients

July Vegetables

Avocados | Beets | Corn | Cucumbers | Fava Beans | Green Beans | Kohlrabi | Lima Beans | Peas | Peppers | Summer Squash | Tomatoes | Winter Squash

July Fruits

Apricots | Berries | Cherries | Figs | Grapes | Litchis | Mangoes | Melons | Nectarines | Peaches | Plums

July Fish and Seafood

Tuna

August Ingredients

August Vegetables

Avocados | Beets | Corn | Cucumbers | Fava Beans | Eggplant | Green Beans | Kohlrabi | Lima Beans | Peppers | Summer Squash | Tomatoes | Winter Squash

August Fruits

Berries | Cherries | Figs | Grapes | Litchis | Mangoes | Melons | Nectarines | Peaches | Pears | Plums | Prickly Pear (Tuna)

International Recipes for Summer

Try these sizzling summer recipes.

Mititei

Mititei (Romanian grilled fresh sausages)

(Romanian grilled fresh sausages)

Bellini

Bellini (Italian peach and sparkling wine cocktail)

(Italian peach and sparkling wine cocktail)

Ajvar

Ajvar (Serbian roasted pepper and eggplant spread)

(Serbian roasted eggplant and pepper spread)

Musaka'a

Eggplant

(Palestinian eggplant baked with tomatoes and chickpeas)

Tabaka

Tabaka (Georgian chicken under a brick)

(Georgian chicken under a brick)

Aquavit

Aquavit (Swedish herb-infused vodka)

(Swedish herb-infused vodka)

Zuiji

Zuiji (Chinese drunken chicken)

(Chinese drunken chicken)