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Food And Alcohol Pairing: Now You Can Eat And Drink Your Strawberry Shortcake

May is a berrydelicious month and I love sinking my teeth into a ripe juicy berry straight from the fields or produce stand. It’s okay if a little drips down your chin, all in the spirit of strawberry season! 

Equally yummy is the challenge of developing other tantalizing ways to devour as much of the succulent seasonal fruit as possible before they become extinct in my area for the next 11 months.  

Yes, you can get strawberries all year round but nothing shipped in from Florida or California compares to our local Pungo Patch.

Caribbean Rum Cinnamon Pound Cake

It's buttery rich like a coffee cake. It even looks similar to a coffee cake but this is not your typical morning delight. Although, I must confess I've indulged in a slice with a cup of java before noon. What can I say, it was morning when I made it and the chef's gotta sample first, right? I start with my Grandma's pound cake and kick it up a few notches with a pecan, cinnamon, brown sugar topping and dark rum! You can see how it oozes down into the moist cake. The key is to let it sit (if you can resist) for two to three days to let it age and soak up the liquor.