International Recipes for Summer

Children on a summer beach — Image by Jeffrey

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

Vegetables

Fruits

Fish and Seafood

Tuna

July Ingredients

Vegetables

Fruits

Fish and Seafood

Tuna

August Ingredients

Vegetables

Fruits

International Recipes for Summer

Try these sizzling summer recipes.

Granita al Limone
(Italian lemon ice)

Spinaci con Pinoli
(Italian sautéed spinach with garlic and pinenuts)

Chimichurri
(Argentine parsley-garlic sauce for grilled meats)

Ga Xao Sa
(Vietnamese lemongrass chicken)

Pina Colada (Puerto Rican pineapple-coconut cocktail)

Piña Coladas
(Puerto Rican pineapple-coconut cocktail)

Peach Cobbler
(American peaches baked with pastry)

Panzanella
(Italian bread and tomato salad)

Patates Salatası
(Turkish potato salad)

Musaka’a
(Palestinian eggplant baked with tomatoes and chickpeas)

Lemonade
(American lemon beverage)

The Salt Lick barbecue in Driftwood, Texas

Texas-Style Barbecue Sauce
(American Tex-Mex mopping and grilling sauce)

Domatokeftedes
(Greek tomato fritters)

Le Grand Aïoli
(French Provençal cod and vegetables with garlic mayonnaise)

Zuiji
(Chinese drunken chicken)

Calabacitas y Elotes con Crema
(Mexican zucchini and corn simmered in cream)

Jerk Chicken
(Jamaican spicy grilled chicken)

Bakdoonsiyyeh
(Palestinian parsley salad with tahini dressing)

Peach Ice Cream
(American Southern frozen fruit and dairy dessert)

Tzatziki Greek cucumber and yogurt sauce

Tzatziki
(Greek cucumber-yogurt sauce)

Bouillabaisse
(French Provençal seafood stew)

Pesto Genovese
(Italian basil-pinenut sauce)

Baba Ghanoush
(Middle Eastern roasted eggplant dip)

Stuffed banh xeo on a plate with a side of herbs

Banh Xeo
(Vietnamese filled crepe)

Poisson Cru, or E’ia Ota
(Tahitian lime-marinated tuna)

Creole Barbecue Shrimp
(American Southern spicy sauteed shrimp)

Mint Julep
(American, Southern bourbon cocktail)

Sweet Tea
(American Southern summer tea drink)

Paella Valenciana
(Spanish meat, vegetable and rice dish)

Tabaka
(Georgian chicken under a brick)

Potato Salad
(American potatoes with mayonnaise)

Okra Pickles
(American, Southern-Soul garden refrigerator pickle)

Torshi
(Iranian, Afghan pickled vegetables)

Pico de gallo Mexican fresh tomato condiment

Pico de Gallo, or Salsa Fresca
(Mexican fresh tomato condiment)

Caponata Siciliana
(Italian sweet and sour eggplant dish)

Blaff
(Caribbean lime-poached fish)

Four slices of plum tart on a glass platter

Pflaumenkuchen
(German plum tart)

Mojo Isleño
(Puerto Rican fish with tomato-olive sauce)

Camarões Piri-Piri
(Mozambican, Angolan shrimp in fiery red pepper sauce)

Small bowl with a serving of creamed corn

Creamed Corn
(American corn kernels simmered with cream)

Meggyleves
(Hungarian sour cherry soup)

Boerewors
(South African homemade farmer’s sausage)

Rumtopf
(German rum-soaked fruit dessert)

Clambake
(American, New England seafood and vegetable beach barbecue)

Sosaties lamb and apricot skewers on the grill

Sosaties
(South African curry-marinated lamb and apricot kebabs)

Macaroni Salad
(Hawaiian-American pasta salad side dish)

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