Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The heat of summer can be brutal, but there's always the refreshing balm of hot weather treats. Cooling off means ice cream, ...

Want neat slices of juicy watermelon for summer snacking, fruit salads, or blending into slush? Want to know how to cut a watermelon when it’s such a big, hulking mass—larger than anything else you ...

Rather than buying it pre-cut (which is expensive), here are our Test Kitchen tips for cutting wedges, cubes and sticks, plus how to make melon balls. Fresh watermelon is a sweet sign of summer, ...

To see if a watermelon is ripe, tap the outside — ideally, it'll make a hollow sound. Leave the rind on for utensil-free snacking, or cut it off if for smoothies and fruit salads. To prevent the ...

Hooray, it's watermelon season. How were you taught to pick the best one? My mother is a thumper. Are you? To find a ripe one, she places her ear close to the rind, flicks it with her middle finger, ...

Once you've picked out a perfectly ripe watermelon at the grocery store, the real work begins. Everyone has their own style for cutting watermelon, whether you like them in wedges, strips, or ...

This browser does not support the video element. This browser does not support the video element. While many people can get watermelons year round, they’re at their best in mid-summer, when the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - OMG, it’s August. And not just August, but past the middle of the month August, with September and no doubt probably October and all those other cold dark months not far behind. But ...