Happy June! My favorite month of the year. At the start of each month, I take out my little black book and carefully write down names; targets. I have thirty days in which to hunt them down and subject them to my will. I slash them with sharp knives, brutally pound them with blunt objects, and sometimes render them to shreds with my own hands. And I relish every minute of it.

So! What’s in season this month in the Mid-Atlantic region?

• Apricots
• Asparagus
• Beets
• Blueberries
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Chard
• Collards
• Cucumbers
• Gooseberries
• Green Beans
• Green Garlic/Scapes
• Herbs
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Lettuce
• Mushrooms
• Nectarines
• Onions
• Potatoes
• Radishes
• Raspberries
• Rhubarb
• Salad Greens
• Spinach
• Sugar & Snap Peas
• Summer Squash
• Strawberries
• Sweet Cherries
• Turnips

Blueberries, raspberries, AND strawberries? This will be messy. If you don’t know where to start with the bounty available this month, here are a few seasonal recipes to try:

Cucumber Halloumi Salad
Asparagus Frico
Summer Fruit cocktails

You can find what’s in season in your neck of the woods at the following links:
http://www.epicurious.com/archive/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/seasonalingredientmap
http://www.sustainabletable.org/seasonalfoodguide/
http://www.fieldtoplate.com/guide/