summer meals
Seasonal light fare
Summer meals are foods typically eaten during warm weather months, emphasizing fresh, light, and often uncooked dishes.
The term suggests seasonal eating—salads, grilled foods, cold soups, fresh fruits—rather than the heavier fare of colder months.
We kept summer meals simple: corn on the cob, tomato sandwiches, whatever the garden gave us.
- barbecueSlow-cook over coals
- grillingCooking on metal grates
- hot dogSausage served in bun
- picnicOutdoor casual meal
- saladsMixed vegetables served cold
potato salad · fruit salad · watermelon · lemonade · iced tea · corn · corn on the cob · fresh · light · outdoor · patio · al fresco dining · tomatoes · berries · ice cream · popsicles · seafood · cold
- public servicespolice, police department, police station, police stations, police patrols
- Social Programswelfare office, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, TANF, family allowances
- food aidfood assistance, food relief, food stamps, food pantry, food donations
- welfare programsTANF, food stamps, WIC, Section 8, cash assistance
- institutional foodcafeteria, school lunch, hospital food, mess hall, chow hall
- USDAUSDA, farm bill, food stamps, WIC, school lunch
seasonal cuisine
summer mealsholiday feasts
Celebratory communal meals
hot pot · fondue · beef bourguignon · pot roast · Christmas dinner