Strawberry vinegar shrub.

We’ve named this cocktail Another Shrubbery, ’cause it’s made with strawberry shrub (and gin!). Say it with your best Monty Python accent. Here’s how to make a fruit shrub and fantastic cocktails with it.

Strawberries with creme fraiche and brown sugar.

The Easiest. Dessert. Recipe. Ever. Fresh strawberries, creme fraiche, brown sugar. Do this immediately, while strawberries are in season. Get the recipe.

Quick pickled strawberries.

These pickled strawberries are surprisingly delicious: bright, tangy, flavored with anise and black pepper. Perfect on a cheese plate. Get the recipe.

Strawberry pie with sea salt browned butter graham crust.

Got strawberries? (You should; they’re in season, super sweet and juicy.) Here’s a fresh strawberry pie in a sea salt brown butter graham crust. Get the recipe!

Apple-fennel slaw with pecans.

A lunchtime visit to LaSoupe with Karen Gibson inspired this fall-fresh slaw made with fennel and apple. Get the recipe!

Bourbon peach crumb-top pie.

I recently scored a quarter bushel of fresh Georgia peaches, and turned half a dozen of them into a bourbon-glazed crumble-topped fresh peach pie. Get the recipe on the blog.

Quick fixes for summer produce.

At the height of summer produce season, you hardly have to cook at all; just take what Mother Nature gives and prepare it simply. Get easy summer recipes on the blog.