happy mess
Midwest Living|Summer 2023
Sugared berries and bittersweet memories mingle with meringues and whipped cream in a dessert that celebrates tousled, summer ease.
LEAH ESKIN
happy mess

STRAWBERRIES arrive in early summer, as did my girl, the one with the strawberry curls. She's always considered the fruit as family. My blue-eyed boy takes after the other side, which he first explained by grabbing a pancake, stuffing it into his toothless mouth and grinning blueberry blue.

We might have spent our summer afternoons picking berries, had we lived near dirt. Condo-dwellers on Chicago's north side, we foraged instead in the grocery aisle and farmers market. We chopped the berries into snacks or dropped them into muffins and once, on a whim, swirled them into fragrant pink and blue finger paint, which made a delightful mess. Then we packed the buckets and berries and bathing suits and jumped in the lake.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Summer 2023 من Midwest Living.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة Summer 2023 من Midwest Living.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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