Do eat the flowers: Squash blossom and chile pizza a summertime must

This squash blossom and chile pizza recipe showcases zucchini flowers simply as they are — scattered over a white pizza (no red sauce) with chiles and cheese. (Lynda Balslev/TasteFood)

Don’t miss the fleeting season for zucchini flowers or squash blossoms.

These floppy flowers are easy to spot at the farmers markets in the summer. Sunny orange in color and delicate as tissue, they are hard to overlook. The fragile blossoms are best when fresh and unpackaged, so they’re less commonly found in supermarkets.