For me, strawberry shortcake brings back memories of summers in Vermont where I grew up. My mom would bake her delicious baking powder biscuits and we'd have fresh stawberries that we'd have picked ourselves (berry picking was a favorite activity!). My mom would crush up some of the berries and add sugar, but I didn't like mine like that... I just used cut up fresh berries, and fresh homemade whipped cream with no sugar. (I'd take my whipped cream out before the sugar was added for everyone else) Oh SUBLIME......
It looks like there's a nice contender available on the Upper East Side at Flex Mussels.
Now that looks pretty darn good, doesn't it? I doubt the biscuit is as good as my Mom's though...
Frank Bruni wrote up Flex Mussels a few weeks ago in the Times, here is the link.
This is a great dessert for the 4th of July if you just add a few blueberries! Cheers and Happy Fourth!
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