Interior decorating items, such as blinds and curtains, can help regulate room temperatures inside buildings.

Just keeping cool indoors can be a challenge in really hot places if there isn't air conditioning.

Kitchens are good places to work in during winter, but need to be kept cool in the middle of a summer heatwave.

Latent heat from kitchen equipment will often increase the size of the equipment needed to cool the kitchen.

Milk, dairy products, meat, fruit and vegetables may need to be stored in well-running refrigerators, even if the weather isn't too hot.

Nuts, however, are not particularly temperature-sensitive.

Oranges and lemons also could be better kept in the fridge in hot weather.

Peaches and plums are best eaten at room temperature.

Quinces, however, might be nicer served with frozen dairy foods like ice-cream.

Raspberries can be served at almost any temperature.

Strawberries are always popular whether on breakfast cereal, with cream, ice-cream, in trifles or pavlovas, or on cake.

Tomatoes, on the other hand, tend to go in more savoury dishes.

Unlikely as it may seem, I've seen chocolate bars containing chilli flavourings.

Versatility seems to be a trait of chocolate - I've also had chocolate cake made with black beans.

When creating any culinary masterpiece, it's important to consider the palette of the folks going to eat the food.