Article: STRAWBERRY SWEET TOOTH SATISFY THAT CRAVING WITH THE CREME DE LA CREME: WASHINGTON BERRIES SERVED IN A GEL, IN A JAM OR FILLED WITH CREAM AND CHOCOLATE.(Life and Arts)

Byline: SARA DICKERMANSpecial to the P-IP-I COLUMNIST

Strawberry season has arrived.

The false season of photogenic but flavor-deprived California berries revs up around Valentine's Day, when restaurateurs and markets are eager to serve up the heart-shaped fruits. But now, at last, is the time for Washington's own berries, which are fragrant, sweet and red to the core. As a friend said the other night, "Once you taste a Skagit Valley berry, you feel guilty for eating any other kind of strawberry the rest of the year."

With the start of summer, strawberries are also much on the mind of Sue McCown, the executive pastry chef of Earth and ...

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