Our clientele gets anxious for strawberry pies come May, so we’ll ship in some fresh berries from Florida… and sometimes we get lucky and get a really nice batch. Michigan strawberries are the best, though you have to be patient! Michigan berries — especially buying them from local farms close to home — just seem to taste better.

But watch my recent segment on Fox 2 News where I made a Strawberry and Cream Pie with beautiful strawberries delivered from Florida. They were deep red, as big as apples, and looked like they were pumped on steroids!

This June, Strawberry and Cream is our Pie of the Month. We’ll be using locally grown strawberries from Blake’s Big Apple orchard on North Ave. in Armada, Mich. Visit Blake’s and they’ll allow you to pick your own berries. It’s worth a trip up; bring the kids and experience the hard labor of harvesting your own fruit (it’ll be good for your kids)!

Each month we spotlight a different pie for $1 off the regular price. Our Strawberry Cream pie will go fast and will soon be off the menu until next June, so call ahead to reserve yours.