Air Quote by David Mixner

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

— Mary Quant

When I think of summertime as a kid, I think of my Grampy's gardens full of tomatoes, buckets heaping with blackberries, and countertops lined…

— Damaris Phillips

summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screeneed porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was…

— Harper Lee

When I do entertain, in the summer, which is rare, I receive my guests on the front porch, set up wicker trays found at…

— Andre Leon Talley

I grew up spending summer Saturdays at the local farmers' market, where my mom was a vendor. It fueled my passion for regional foods.

— Grace Potter

My ideal summer day was reading on the porch.

— Harold E. Varmus

Food was a big part of our family gatherings, but it was usually pasta. We didn't eat that well. Everything was home-made but not…

— Ella Woodward

I remember that at the beginning of the month, the kind of menus my mom and father would prepare for us would have fish,…

— Jose Andres

Dusty small towns and big families. Cooling my memory like a summer rain. Cold well water and dewberry pie. Brazos River running through my…

— Ruthie Foster

On my front porch all year long.

— Gretchen Wilson

The happiest moments of my childhood were spent on my grandmother's front porch in Durham, N.C., or at her sister's farmhouse in Orange County,…

— Andre Leon Talley

We always had our own vegetables growing up and now I'm doing it with my kids at our house in the country.

— Stella McCartney