We’re cooking nonstop with this summer staple

We're Cooking Nonstop With This Summer Staple

We've been cooking non-stop with one of the finest treats of the summer: sweet, succulent, peak-season corn. From the supermarket to the farmer's market to the local farm stand, everywhere that sells fresh produce will have sweet, crisp, best-to-cook-everything-with corn we crave all year.

Now's let's be honest, more often than not, we're preparing it simply on the cob, whether it's on the grill, or — our favorite new way — in the Instant Pot. Prepared this way, corn on the cob needs nothing more than a generous slather of lightly flavored butter to perform admirably at a weeknight family dinner or socially-distanced outdoor get-together (we can't get enough of the blue cheese butter, try it, you'll love it!).

Corn is also a staple of many beloved summer meals, like Low country-style shrimp boils, and can be used in any number of essential side dishes and colorful salads: crispy corn fritters, and fluffy cornbread that calls for fresh corn kernels as well as cornmeal.

Whether you're making the most of the hot weather bounty now or freezing the glut to enjoy during months where sweet corn is a mere memory, there's no better time of year to enjoy this beloved fresh ingredient.

-Jess Kapadia
Food Editor, The Spruce Eats

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