Summer Fruit Cocktails

Fruit-based drinks that are ideal warm-weather sippers.

Summer Fruit Desserts

Juicy, sweet, and delicious.

Why Does Fruit Ripen Faster in a Paper Bag?

It’s all about the ethylene gas. (By Jason Horn)

What Is the Best Way to Wash Fruit?

Forget the fancy tricks. (By Roxanne Webber)

How Does Seedless Fruit Reproduce?

A seedy mystery story. (By Jason Krause)

Unforbidden Fruit

How to help yourself from your neighbors' trees. (By Helena Echlin)

Summer Fruit Pies

Twists on old favorites make for new classics.

Vote for Your Favorite Fake Fruit

This week’s mission: frozen veggies and fake meat to add to eggs, plus new Mountain Dew sodas. (By James Norton)

Why Don't Tomatoes and Fruits Rot When They're Sun-Dried?

They get a little help from preservatives. (By Jason Horn)

What's the Difference Between a Pluot and an Aprium?

Bizarre fruit machinations. (By Jason Horn)

Just-Rite Juicer

The little orange that could. (By CHOW staff)

Corn, Cherries, and Margaritas

Summer gadgets for stripping corn, pitting cherries, and juicing limes. (By Louisa Chu)

Does Refrigerating Tomatoes Ruin Their Flavor?

Cold storage messes with enzymes. (By Roxanne Webber)

Make Your Own Preserves

How to hold on to summer’s best produce: canning.

Cobbler, Slump, Pandowdy, Buckle

Cook up your summer fruits and give them funny names.