i just attended my first smorgasbord ever, at a thinly attended swedish midsummer celebration in msp. fish roe and cheese from a toothpaste tube. interesting. pretty good actually. i think lutefisk only comes around once a year,...

This is the first year that I have belonged to a CSA, and I’m totally overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of the weekly share—I can’t imagine how much produce there will be mid-summer. I’ve been finding...

“the best damn tomatoes in the entire world bar none”? Have you been in Sicily, Tunisia, Greece or Lebanon in midsummer? Or if you haven’t renewed your passport in a while, how about the Berkeley farmer’s...

, and it was more than half empty at peak Saturday lunch, but when we went in midsummer, it was nearly full. —PR

, then pop it into their mouths. In late spring the hulls are soaked in salt water overnight to remove some of the sourness. By mid-summer this fruit mutates. The membrane turns into a hard shell, and the fluid inside turns into...

I’m sure you can find better advice than mine, but sounds like you overwatered. Also – cilantro is tough to grow in mid-summer. But the others should be fine, and parsley, mint, and rosemary (and oregano, sage, and...

Probably not a bad idea. I bought my last order mid-summer.

stock w/ the bones. Pick off the remaining meat and have chicken soup if you will. I also second an idea below: plant a veggie garden, i love it in mid-summer when i can just stroll right through that god-foresaken-expensive...

hey since we’re bumping this thread up, & i myself have not been back to MGM since midsummer, before chang bang closed— we’re listing what’s not there anymore— but what IS still there— farm in...

For Honeychan and Caroline1, I get the squat little patty-pans in my farmers' market midsummer. If you have those resources, check into it. (In particular, look to growers who may have zucchini – same growing season.) We...

. These included Taitian vanilla bean creme brulee, Midsummers night pot de creme – consensus was that it was probably black raspberry, almond macroons (like those that Bay Breads sells), and a three-tiered tray of tiny...