"SummerFoods" news and stories

So, it's summertime, the season of beaches, parades, and oh-my-God humidity, here in Boston anyway. And accordingly, we often don't eat certain foods during the summer. The ones that make us hot or are too difficult to prepare during the hot days or meals that will have the oven on all day. Sort of like winter, when our ice cream consumption goes down.

Here are the eight foods I stop eating during the summer months. They usually make a comeback in late September.

1. Soup. How can I eat a bowl of hot soup when it's 90 degrees out? It seems really perverse to swallow a really hot liquid in that weather (even if soup if "lighter" fare that could be better for the summer, like salad).