14 Ways to Celebrate Strawberry Season (& the Strawberry Moon!)

If you’ve ever been strawberry-picking, you know how amazing strawberry fields smell. On a hot, early summer day, you could get drunk off the sweet scent. Sometimes you can mimic the experience by sticking your face into a carton of strawberries, but it’s not really recommended.

Strawberries are perfect as is, and their sour punch works equally well as part of a savory dish (tip: throw them in an arugula salad to add a perfect balance to the spicy greens). However, since strawberries are such amazing dessert subjects, you might want to just hold onto them to make a sweet treat. We're refreshing a collection of some of our favorite sweet strawberry recipes in honor of tonight's Strawberry Moon—the first time it's coincided with the summer solstice in nearly 50 years.

Nigella Lawson's Very Smart Strawbery Streusel Cake by Sarah Jampel

 

 

Rye Shortcakes with Roasted Strawberries and Rhubarb by Yossy Arefi

 

Strawberry Lime Crostata by Midge

 

Strawberry Buttermilk Gelato by Posie Harwood

 

Pickled Strawbery Jam by Christina Tosi

 

Strawberry, Rhubarb, and Lime Ice Pops by Isadora

 

Eleven Madison Park's Strawberry Gazpacho by Genius Recipes

 

Strawberry Ice with Condensed Milk and Whipped Cream by Amanda Hesser

 

Strawberry Rosé Spritzer by Merrill Stubbs

 

Strawberry Crème Fraîche Soft Serve by WinnieAb

 

Strawberry Balsamic and Olive Oil Breakfast Cake by indieculinary

 

Roasted Strawberry Milkshake with Buttermilk and Mint by Kenzi Wilbur

 

The River Café's Strawberry Sorbet by Genius Recipes

 

Strawberry-Mascarpone Tart by eeshani

This article originally ran in June 2013. We're rerunning an updated version of it in honor of the Strawberry Moon. 

You have a pint of fresh, perfect strawberries. What do you do with them? Tell us in the comments.