15 Fresh Summer Recipes to Add to Your August Menu

Just because summer is slowly coming to a close doesn't mean we still can't enjoy the tastes of the season. How do Southerners combat dwindling farmers' market stock? By pickling any and everything we can, of course. Start with our master pickling brine, and make one (or all five!) of our colorful pickled vegetables, including zesty okra, spicy beans, Tuscan-style cherry tomatoes, turmeric-dill cucumbers, and easy red onions. It's the tastiest way to preserve summertime. And to cap off every late-summer cookout, we're going old-school—super old-school. Southerners have always known that soft drinks can serve as the ultimate secret ingredient, and we're bringing back vintage favorites with updated recipes: 7UP Bundt Cake, Coca Cola Layer Cake, and Cheerwine Cherry Cupcakes, to name a few. There's no better way to send off summer than with these 15 delicious new recipes.