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Summer Treats That Blend Sour and Sweet
It's the most wonderful time of the year. For pies.
Yum.
Photographer: Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesAll summer days are sweet. But the sweetest days of all are those when things turn sour.
I refer, of course, to that blessed season -- July, here in homey old Plant Hardiness Zone 7 A --when tart fruit comes into season. Blackberries, sour cherries, purple raspberries … cobblers and cakes and pies … full bellies and blissful smiles.