Summer fruits and vegetables: fresh ideas and recipes

July 25, 2012 3:45 PM

It's midsummer, and there's a surplus of everything, from string beans to baby zucchini, sweet cherries and good spirits. Check out the crowds at the farmers market who seem almost giddy with the food choices before them. Picking fruit and produce for dinner doesn't get any better than this.Here are a dozen ideas of what to do with the abundance of summer.