It’s going to get hot here, in the next few days. At the same time, there’s a bounty of summer produce to experiment with. Here are a few early summer heatwave suggestions:
It’s still strawberry season, so make the most of them while you can.
Dorie Greenspan’s Double-Strawberry and Rose Shortcakes
Mozzarella, Tomato and Strawberry Salad
Ginger-Honey and Strawberry Chèvre Ice Cream
And now, cherries have started appearing in the market.
If hot-weather cooking doesn’t appeal, there’s lots to do around town.
The Vancouver International Jazz Festival runs until July 1st this year. There are concerts at venues all over town, but don’t overlook the free shows this weekend at David Lam Park. It’s a beautiful place to relax, picnic, and listen to some stellar music.
If you’d prefer to start your weekend indoors, Rain City Chronicles‘ latest show is at the Museum of Vancouver this Friday. It’s called GUTs and promises “stories of relying on your instincts, acts of bravery, and the organs inside you.”
There are two days left to catch the Festival d’ete francophone de Vancouver.
If you have kids, or if you still have the constitution of one, head over to Playland and test your stomach’s mettle with fair food and amusement park rides.
I prefer my thrills pedal-powered, so Velopalooza is right up my alley. I’m only sorry I missed today’s Tour de Book Exchanges.
Or you could hang out in your backyard (or patio, for you microunit dwellers) and work on developing Summer 2015’s signature drink.
I’ll be here hoping for a nice summer rain.
One Wet Foot 
Strawberries 🙂
Unfortunately, the weird spring here pretty much decimated the strawberry crop this year, but that ginger ice cream…
That’s terrible. A year without strawberries is no fun at all!
Definitely in the depths of a heatwave here too, Teresa! Lots of wonderful ideas for cooling colorful cooking 🙂