Celebrate summer with corn and peaches

In "Bibi's Gulf Coast Kitchen," columnist Bibi Hutchings takes you on a culinary journey across the coastal south. Come for the great food writing, stay for the delicious recipes.

I often gloat about living where I do, for many reasons, but this time of year it is because I am covered up with farmers' markets and fresh produce.

Around Memorial Day or a little after, the early summer fruits and vegetables start coming in and here in Baldwin County, Alabama, we are blessed with plenty: corn, tomatoes, yellow squash, cucumbers, zucchini, onions, peppers, sweet potatoes, okra, watermelon, cantaloupe, peas, green beans, eggplant, snap beans — and that's only just a sampling.