Code Red: Fresh beets fill summer with their earthy sweetness in chilled soup

For the vegetables lovers among us, this is the prime time.
Fresh heads of broccoli and cabbage will never look as good as they do now. Tomatoes, still warm from the vine, will never be quite as delicious as they are when they’re just plucked. If you love fresh garden peas, do not waste a minute. Eat them before they turn into starchy green pellets instead of the sweet, verdant orbs they are meant to be.
I don’t even need to tell you about hot buttered corn on the cob or new potatoes