Kitchen editor Gabriella Gershenson uses a melon baller to hollow out kousa squash every summer for a Lebanese stuffed-zucchini recipe. (She uses a Norpro melon baller, which works great too.) ...

Even if all my melon baller did was ball melons, I’d be grateful. But it’s also a great tool for other summer produce. A shallow nip using the smaller scoop effortlessly hulls strawberries.