Eating strawberries and feeling like a kid!

The strawberry - it needs no introduction. We've all tasted them and love them. Sweet and juicy with just a faintest hint of tartness. Just picked they somehow make us feel like kids, silly and giddy as their lovely sweet flavor bursts as we bite in to them.

It's definitely strawberry season. I think in the past week I've gotten at least 10 emails from the various food sites suggesting recipes for strawberries. I can't walk past a magazine in the supermarket check-out aisle without seeing some suggestion for a salad or dessert. Admittedly I've looked at all of them, and scoured my (many) cookbooks. I really try to create things that have my own twist on them, but love to see what other chefs are dreaming up. I like to take bits and pieces from different places and try to make something new.

I'd been thinking about this beautiful box I picked up from Newgate Farm at the Rye Farmers Market.  What could I do with them?  I decided that whatever I was going to write about for you it would have a savory spin on it. When pushed I will make desserts, but it's not my first love. Except maybe my biscotti which everyone seems to love. But even making them I need to psych myself up. The preciseness of the whole baking business bugs me. I prefer to just add and create. That said, I have two fun dishes I think you will like.

To read more about strawberries and see my easy recipes using it click here.