Strawberry season is here, and big plump local berries were piled high at our market this past week 🍓.  A sight for weary eyes indeed. For the last few weeks, we have been completely consumed with a new renovation project here at our little old home. The old carport was in a state of disrepair when we purchased the property and after years of legal hoops and approvals, we finally got the green light to replace it with a new garage.

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Summer is in full swing – bring it on, my friends. Life always feels so much more colorful during the summer months – sort of like the iconic scene in the Wizard of Oz when Dorothy emerges from her sepia-hued Kansas landscape to the wonderful world of color in Munchkinland. After a very rainy spring, this summer in particular feels very much like Munchkinland. The sunshine feels brighter, the grass greener, the flowers awash in color.

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The local farmer’s market is beginning to fill to the brim with spring’s fresh bounty – tender asparagus, baby peas, young lettuces and my favorite – tiny juicy sweet strawberries. Those tender joyously red berries never fail to put a smile on my face.  At the market this morning, the moment I saw their little sweet faces staring up at me, my mind turned to the fact that we are featuring the region of Emilia-Romagna on our blog this month.

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I am still on a ricotta kick over here.  So when I spied beautiful little early season strawberries at the local farm market, dessert was born.  The beautiful little berries bathe in an oddly yummy marinade of balsamic vinegar and freshly ground black pepper (trust me on this one – it is delicious!)….mixed with the creaminess of the ricotta – heavenly.  You, of course, can eat the berries alone or substitute marscapone cheese or vanilla ice cream for the ricotta.

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