One of my favourite summer fruits is that of the elusive Raspberry, that perfectly ripe and sun sweetened berryfruit that is bursting with flavor and warmth, this is the main ingredient of the elusive Raspberry Smile. As a younger citizen of Aotearoa the family would go hunting for raspberries, stalking them in the bushes and leaping on them when discovered hiding from our small hands and hungry mouths. My grandmother would have jars upon jars lined up in the pantry next to elephant heart chutney, pear and ginger jam, Strawberry nectars and Boysenberry Jams. Rubber bands would hold cellophane taunt and while the small handwritten labels told me what it was but it was the colour and texture that really told the full story of what was captured behind the glass. more>
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