Lime

Cachaça is a potent sugarcane liquor. If you can’t find it, use light rum instead.

If you prefer to serve alcohol-free cocktails, omit the tequila—the drink is still delicious.

Seltzer enlivens this effervescent drink, which consists of sweet honeydew melon puree and mouth-puckering lime juice.

This ginger beer is very spicy. Adjust the amount of lime juice and sugar to your taste.

For spiked drinks, pour 1 ounce vodka over ice into each glass before topping with limeade.

This recipe is based on the famous Key Lime pie from Joe’s Stone Crab restaurant in Miami Beach. If you can’t find Key limes, use regular fresh lime juice. The bars will keep, wrapped in plastic, in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

Use red-fleshed papayas, such as Sunrise Solo or Maradol. Be sure to ask your grocer which ones will have flesh with a rosy hue since a papaya’s skin and shape may not be a good indication of its interior color.

Fresh mangoes are loaded with vitamins A and C. Whisking the granita as it freezes ensures that it reaches the proper consistency.

Homemade citrus curd—a mixture of eggs, sugar, butter, and orange and lime juices—adds tangy flavor to this mousse.

Ears of corn, cut into small pieces, make a perfect summer side dish. Plan on one ear per person.