"raspberries" news and stories

In the short, chilly days of November, it's nice to be reminded that raspberries, blackberries and blueberries were once heaped abundantly on the tables of farm stands and markets. I have two gallon-sized bags of blackberries squirreled away in my freezer, it might be time to pull those out and make something delicious with them.

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I find these little pecan frangipane tarts, topped with fresh blueberries and raspberries are so appealing. Made by food blogger Nicisme, she took her inspiration for these tartlets from Aran at Cannelle Et Vanille.

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July through September is the time of year when we should be savoring fresh raspberries. They grow wild all over different parts of the country. This past weekend, while driving through the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, I stopped at various farms to taste the raspberries. Each berry was bursting with tartness and sweetness.

This summer, I encourage you to revel in the raspberry season. Below are 8 ways you can incorporate raspberries into your diet:

1. Add raspberries to your cereal.
2. Puree raspberries with olive oil and drizzle over salads or grilled vegetables.
3. Make raspberry waffles.
4. Cool off this summer with raspberry frozen yogurt cake with raspberry amaretto sauce.
5. For dinner, why not cook up hazelnut-crusted chicken with raspberry sauce.
6. For dessert, try raspberry almond lattice tart.
7. A raspberry champagne cocktail is the perfect drink for a weekend brunch.
8. When entertaining, make red cabbage with raspberries, onions and apples.

How have you added raspberries to your meals lately?

Happy 4th of July, Slashfood readers! In honor of today's holiday, I bring you a patriotic dessert from blogger/photographer Lelonopo for you to really feast your eyes on. She's created a blueberry and raspberry treat that isn't as aggressively red, white and blue as that famous flag cake, but is still appealingly thematic for the day.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful day today, filled with delicious food, awe-inspiring fireworks and safe, happy times. We look forward to seeing pictures of all the tasty things you created today, so make sure to take photos and upload them to the Slashfood Flickr pool!

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Brambles are in season! What are brambles? Raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, swampberries, boysenberries, cloudberries, black caps, and any other wonderful members of the rose family that produce an aggregate berry. A recent trip to Kingston Point Park in Kingston, NY, had us eating almost everything we could pick.

The berries that grew at the point were what the locals here commonly call black caps. These are wild black raspberries. They are usually found on upright, thorny, raspberry canes, and look like a slightly smaller version of the commercial variety. The taste is excellent.

Amy and Alec found a nice stand of wild red raspberries, looking much like commercial ones, and a few bushes of the odd, maple-leafed, purple-flowering-raspberry near Esopus, NY. These are also upright plants and easy to locate. You can spot them well in advance in the Spring with their small, white, flowers. The purple flowering raspberry has a very showy rose-like purple flower.

Blackberries, dewberries, and swampberries, grow along runners tangled in the weeds. These berries have larger aggregrate parts than the raspberry-like fruits, just like store-bought blackberries.