watermelon

In summer, the watermelons stack up outside the market. Should you buy one? Here are important watermelon facts to inspire you.

You've lugged home a giant watermelon, some passion fruits, dragonfruits, you name it. Now you need to figure out how to master the art of cutting fruits.

Ice pops: Because it's hot out and everything tastes better on a stick.With all due respect to the twin pops of our youths, sometimes smashing blackberries into Greek yogurt and freezing it in ice pop molds is the grown-up thing to do. Harnessing the delicious power of more sophisticated pairings like watermelon and parsley, avocado…

There's watermelon, and then there's Crimson Sweet watermelon, a hybrid developed in the 1960s. "It's fleshy like a regular red watermelon, but it has a bit more of a savory quality instead of that sugary-sweet flavor," says chef Jonathon Sawyer, owner of the Greenhouse Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio. Unlike the giant standard watermelons found most of…

Happy spring! Here’s the latest health trend that’s taking Instagram by storm: the watermelon pizza. It’s pizza without the “guilt” and, you know, without the pizza.What is essentially a fruit salad posing as a slice of ‘za, these triangular slices of watermelon are situated in a circle to mimic the real thing and topped with…

There's no easier way to get your fruits (and veggies) than by blending them up into a colorful, delicious smoothie. Pick up a copy of cook and food writer Jenna Helwig's new book, Smoothie-licious, and fire up that blender you know you don't use enough. I distinctly remember tasting cilantro for the first time as…

"This salad is inspired by the season’s bounty in Burgundy. The markets are filled with an assortment of beautiful vegetables and fruits this time of year," says Marjorie Taylor, chef and co-owner of the Cook's Atelier cooking school in Beaune, France. "This salad is perfect on a hot summer day. Here at our cooking school in…

There's no better time of year to find a beautiful, ripe watermelon at the market. Here are 18 things you can do with watermelons, not limited to cocktails, salads and desserts. Let us remind you that few things are more refreshing than watermelon popsicles. Some watermelons will be juiced, grilled, pickled and eaten on their…

Sometimes Asian takes on "foreign" food go very right: take Taiwanese Large Fried Chicken, for instance. There's nothing wrong with that. Then there's Japan's Bagel & Bagel, whose regular bagels sound terrible and seasonal bagels sound worse. Their new treat, the watermelon bagel, is colored and flavored with watermelon juice and studded with chocolate chip…

We've all been there: wielding a knife at a watermelon on a cutting board, trying to figure out how not to slice your hand off. For simple salad-making, abundant snacking or easy feeding into your juicer, check out a video of one home cook's crazy-easy hack. As in literally hacking into a watermelon to free…

Like Transformers sequels and cut-off jean shorts (Knicks, can please bring back Jorts, the dude is available), watermelon can be a pretty polarizing summer topic. As in, some people cannot wait to knife into the hulking fruit, while for others it inspires quite the gag reflex. And speaking of gag reflex, we were clicking around…

There are few better things than an ice-cold michelada on a scorching hot summer day. But, while you're dripping with sweat anyway, might as well fire up the grill to add an extra dimension to the already grand, tomato juice-spiked classic Mexican beer cocktail. This version, featuring watermelon and shishito peppers, packs a punch you're…

The cold-pressed juice industry has made ample use of all sorts of vegetables. But, strangely, not the heirloom tomato. Chicago chef Jared Van Camp is perplexed by this. “It’s a head-scratcher,” he says. Related: Green Is The New Gold: The Raw Facts On How Juicing Is Taking Over Our Lives For his own forthcoming juice…

Here's an excerpt from Mind Of A Chef Season 2 where Dr. David Shields, from the Carolina Gold Rice Foundation, tells the story of the Bradford watermelon. So what exactly is a Bradford Watermelon — and why does it deserve three minutes of your attention? “There is a problem with watermelons,” says Dr. Shields with…

One of the best things about September is the resurgence of super-sweet, beautifully briny and fantastically fresh oysters, which are now popping up at your local fish purveyors. Other fun foods to play with this week include crisp cucumbers and juicy watermelon, and both are used to make the cool salad that Persian chef and…

Paying homage to the season, Antonella Rana, co-owner of Rana Pastificio in NYC's Meatpacking District, wanted to showcase this coveted summer ingredient in her native Italy. "Late summertime in Italy means watermelon everywhere — fresh watermelon on street carts, candied watermelon skewers on the beach," she says. "Here at Giovanni Rana Pastificio & Cucina, we…

Happy National Watermelon Day! The fruit-themed holiday comes just when we need it. When temperatures sneak into the triple digits, and you can't imagine eating anything besides a cold, juicy melon. Watermelon is wonderfully versatile, lending itself to both sweet and savory and shape-shifting between solid and liquid. We've compiled seven recipes that show off…

We're in the middle of a watermelon glut! Use up your excess in this delicious watermelon recipe from Maria Elia's The Modern Vegetarian. It's her take on panzanella — Italian bread salad — that would pair perfectly with grilled meat or fish. As you’ve probably realized by now, I am a big fan of watermelon! This…

Watermelon and mint are total best friends forever. They don't seem like they should go together, what with watermelon's sweet sugary charms and mint's tendency toward sharpness. But somehow they make it work. Besides tasting fantastic together, is there anything prettier than flecks of green mint floating in bubbly pink soda. See also: Emma Christensen…

When the weather gets hot, we look for any cold, refreshing ways to cool off short of cannonballing into our neighbor's pool. It's not impolite if you yell "cannonball!" while you're doing it. Short of that, Ivy Stark of NYC's Dos Caminos restaurant has a watermelon and lime agua fresca that looks as good in…

Nobody knows pickles quite like Southerners do, which is why we were so happy to get our hands on Southern Living magazine's new cookbook, Little Jars, Big Flavors. This little book has over a hundred big recipes for pickling all of spring and summer's sweet and savory bounty, plus ideas on how to serve them.…

If you're going to eat light, make sure it packs tons of flavor so you don't get to the end of your meal wearing a sad face. Miami-based chef and TV personality Ingrid Hoffman's Latin D'Lite is full of recipes with bold vibrant flavors that won't weigh you down. Her gazpacho packs a hefty serving…

Whoever said Gallagher was done is wrong. So wrong. After years of advertising with geckos, pigs, and Ed Too Tall Jones, Geico has turned to everybody’s favorite watermelon-bashing friend. No matter how many times you’ve seen him in action, you still can’t help but laugh. Watch Gallagher rekindle his inner youth in Geico’s latest commercial.…

When Nathalie and Dave were kids in Miami, Nath's family had a potted parsley plant that she would secretely pinch bites from, like it was candy. She did this so often that the parsley suffered, and her mom, believing that the plant had become diseased, threw it out. Nath, still a staunch supporter of the…