Juicy, sweet, dark & jammy…we’re talking about the arrival of summer berry season!

There are so many ways to enjoy summer berries, and in this week’s episode, we try to recount all the ways we love to eat them. Juicy strawberries piled on top of a rich poundcake? Yes, please! Classic strawberry shortcake with flaky biscuits and freshly whipped cream? Count us in! We reminisce about the berry dishes of our childhoods, like the brilliant combination of sour cream and summer strawberries that Sonya’s grandmother used to make for her, and Kari’s family’s favorite Midwestern icebox cakes.

What’s your favorite berry? And what dish are you most excited to eat with summer berries?

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Links to recipes and favorites from this week’s show:

Sonya’s labneh cheesecake with strawberry sauce and her mocha raspberry icebox cake

Angel food cake with three berry compote by Hugo Matheson via Food & Wine

Roasted strawberries by Stella Parks for Serious Eats

Smitten Kitchen’s perfect strawberry summer cake

Edna Lewis’ blackberry cobbler

Olia Hercules Summer Kitchens cookbook, and her recipe for tomato blackberry/mulberry salad

Midwestern strawberry pretzel icebox cake

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