Sweeten your summer with strawberries at Thursday’s Strawberry Shortcake Festival
This June marks the end of my fifth year writing this column. Time sure flew by — 131 columns and well over 400 recipes made.
Seeing bright red, sweet and luscious berries on sale last week made me wonder if it was time to cook some strawberries for the penultimate column of year 5.
Looking through previous columns I was surprised to find, given how much I love strawberries, that I’ve only devoted one to this delectable fruit, the savory strawberry column from June 3, 2020, partnered strawberries with avocado, salmon, focaccia and pork ribs, exploring “the not so sweet side of the genus Fragaria.” Other than that, I’d only presented five other recipes containing fresh strawberries over the years: one drink, one soup, a cookie, and two tarts (one sweet and one savory).