Melon

Make the most of melon season with this simple and savory fruit salad.

This refreshing melon and cucumber salad works as a snack, starter, or side dish.

The most important part of this melon parfait is the melon jelly made from Piel de Sapo—an intensely fragrant melon—but you can use a similar green or orange melon instead.

This brunch drink is made with tequila and leftover watermelon-tomato gazpacho.

Wait to make this tomato-watermelon gazpacho until it’s the scorching second half of summer when your farmers market is bursting with juicy tomatoes.

Shake up your next backyard BBQ with this frozen watermelon margarita recipe. It’ll cool you down faster than a dunk in the pool.

This combination of  watermelon juice, pisco, and black currant liqueur will take you to the glossy world of a “Barbie Girl.”

Once it is cooked, the melon is mostly unrecognizable, and it’s fun seeing if people can guess what this pasta sauce’s secret ingredient is.

This refreshing sherry and watermelon cocktail gets a spicy kick from ginger kombucha.

Cookbook author Reem Kassis shares her take on a beloved childhood snack of melon slices and almond juice.

Don't throw away your watermelon rinds. Turn them into these sweetly sour preserves, which are a perfect accompaniment to roasted meats, cheese plates, and more.

Even though this salad is all about summery from-the-farm watermelon and tomatoes, the corn nuts make the dish. Their salt and crunch accentuate the juicy sweetness of the fruit.

The Thai-inspired dressing—tart and spicy and salty—plays up the sweetness of watermelon and berries while keeping the fruit salad firmly in savory territory.

This watermelon cocktail, inspired by the song by the Fania All-Stars, is a thirst quencher that makes us dream of dancing the night away to live salsa music.

Grilling watermelon caramelizes the sweetness of the fruit, and the char gives just a hint of smoky flavor.