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If youre lucky enough to discover purple raspberries, a crossbreed of red and black raspberries, use 100 percent purple raspberries and omit the lemon juice. If you find black raspberries, you can get the same effect by using half black raspberries, half red, and reducing the lemon juice to one tablespoon.

The raspberry days of summer are the best. "I'll only pick a few," I tell myself as I head down the row, happily spoiling my appetite for dinner, each new berry looking fatter, redder and riper than the last. Unlike the more cooperative blueberries and strawberries, raspberries grow on arching canes, heavily armed with thorns.

#Quote1[defending Donald Trump's lewd comments about women in the leaked 2005 video] I like Trump because Trump is not a politician, he talks like a guy. And ladies out there, this is what guys talk about when you're not around. So if you're offended by it, grow up, ok? And, by the way, this is what you guys talk about over white wine when you have your brunches. So take it easy with the phony outrage, this is the way the world works.

This vegetarian version of feijoada, a black bean stew, was a popular recipe in the original 1971 edition of Diet for a Small Planet. Later updated by a Brazilian friend of author Frances Moore Lapp with the addition of more vegetables and fresh herbs, its a hearty meal when served with rice and sauted greens.

Members of Congress took on members of the D.C. press corps Wednesday at the annual Congressional Womens Softball Game. Watch the game in the player above. Now in its 15th year, the game raises money and awareness for young women with breast cancer. Proceeds from the game will benefit the Young Survival Coalition. This year,