Greenbelt Snack Break: Berries and Cherries and Juicy Fruit

Local food excites me. The shapes, colours, and tastes that are showing up on farmers' market tables do a lot to get me through these rainy summer days. Even more exciting than the freshness of the food though, is all the stuff you can do with it. I love to chop, cook, sauté, preserve, bake, and play with food that is at its freshest. So, it's rare that you will hear me singing the praises of food in its most basic form. Consider this my confession:

Sometimes I buy fruit and vegetables and eat them raw, without doing anything to them.

I know, it's strange. But there are so many ready-to-eat snacks in the markets these days that don't need any muss or fuss.

So, here's my recipe for today: buy a pint, quart, basket or bushel of Greenbelt cherries, raspberries, blueberries, serviceberries, peaches, plums, or sugar snap peas. Eat it, spit out the pit, and enjoy it.