Well this post will be up just in time for cherry season to be over :(. Cherry season typically starts near the end of May and goes through late June/early July. But better late than never! Jennifer Tyler Lee suggests that folks dehydrate them, making “Sour Cherry Blasters” or make them into a cherry compote to accompany vanilla ice cream. Cherries are not one of my favorite fruits, but I will enjoy them raw. While I do think they are tasty, I just like other stone fruit better.
Food Facts:
- Sour (tart) cherry juice can be used to help improve sleep and has been shown to reduce the risk for heart disease and and diabetes.
- Cherries are a good source of vitamins A and C, potassium, copper, and manganese.
- Good source of fiber.
- Both sour and sweet cherries have been shown to reduce inflammation.
- Cherries have also been reported to reduce Gout attacks.
- Sour cherries are lower in calories than sweet cherries.
- They are a rich source of flavonoids, especially anthocyanidins and proanthocyanidins.
- Cherries were one of the first fruits to be brought to the “new world”.
- One study found that runners that drank Montmorency cherry juice (one glass before the race and one glass during the race) were less sore afterwards because of the ability of the cherries to help with muscle recovery.
- Fresh cherries are firm, shiny, and lack dents, pits, or bruises. They also have bright green stems. The fresher the cherry, the more nutrients!
- Store cherries in the fridge and eat them quickly!
From The 52 New Foods Challenge: A Family Cooking Adventure for Each Week of the Year, with 150 Recipes
nectarine season. And that summer squash will be coming to a zoodler near you! Here is the Spiralizer that I use to turn my zucchini into “noodles”: 
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short season. I try to buy them for him often during May and June. I have never bought rhubarb, so it should go on my list of things to buy and cook with.