…The love for local strawberries, that is.

We’ve already mentioned  Pitspone Farm here in the past. A farm that’s been a well-kept secret among chefs and food artisans who adore its outstanding produce.

Even though it’s not strawberries season, you can savor Pitspone Farm’s 2011 strawberries in The Bent Spoon‘s special Valentine’s Day ice creams.

“Mike’s [of Pitspone farm] strawberries were amazing last year (just not enough of them!)”, Says Gabrielle Carbone of The Bent Spoon,  “We were able to freeze them at the peak of fresh tastiness and get a little taste of summer for valentine’s day!”

The Bent Spoon is  churning out strawberry sorbet that’s like a chocolate covered strawberry – a sorbet with “streaks” of chocolate throughout (formerly known as Strawberry Streak) and Strawberry-Mascarpone which is like their version of a strawberries and cream.

And those strawberries are amazing for a reason. “Earliglow is one of my favorite strawberries”,  says  Mike Brown of  Pitspone Farm, “The plants are vigorous, productive and disease resistant and the early ripening fruit has an excellent flavor. The fruit also freezes very well.”

Read more about them on Pitspone Farm’s blog.  

So enjoy this amazing ice cream and if you’re a gardener, Mike will be selling well-established plants of this variety in the early spring.  And when they bear fruits, you can make one of Gab’s strawberry sorbet recipe.

Lots and lots and lots of love to all!