Right now, you can find a pretty watermelon aguas frescas laced with lime. Recipe: Agua fresca with watermelon and lime (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
From chilled salads and soups to refreshing drinks, here are six fun recipes for watermelon.
Cubed watermelon is combined with feta, mint a little jalapeno and a cumin-lime dressing. Recipe: Watermelon salad (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Take everything you love about summer and arrange it beautifully on a plate. Recipe: Tomato and watermelon salad (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
This refreshing dish contains only 5 ingredients. Recipe: Watermelon with mint and lime (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
A sweet treat. Recipe: Watermelon preserves (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
From chef Alan Ashkinaze. He serves this as an amuse, but it also makes a terrific cocktail or even dessert. Recipe: Watermelon blueberry soup (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)