Summer

All your favorite stone fruits, now reaching their glorious, fragrant peak, need little to shine.

This raw, chilled vegetable soup makes a wholesome summer refresher.

Strawberry Eton mess is a delight to assemble and a dream to enjoy.

This creamy chicken and pita dish can be served however you would like.

6 steps for ruling the backyard cookout.

Fragrant basil butter gilds the lily on this smoky-sweet, ember-roasted corn.

This white gazpacho reinterprets Spanish salmorejo by adding yogurt, almonds, and fresh herbs.

An extreme fire danger rating is in place for the southwest region of Victoria until Monday night, March 11, with emergency crews on high alert.

The temperature peaked just under 35C at Sydney Airport while further west Canterbury, Homebush, Holsworthy and Richmond all passed 39C.

A government report examines the impact of extreme weather incidents on Australia.

‘The temperatures have shot up, the winds have shot up.’

The temperature fell to a balmy 36.4C at 2.20am - two-tenths short of the national record - before reaching 45C on Jan. 26.

‘We haven’t seen these temperatures in several years.’

A wave of hot air swept across inland Australia, southeast and southwest Queensland and most parts of NSW.

Provençal tomates farçies ease summer abundance into fall coziness.