Frozen Sweet Cherries

Cherry season is a mere blip on the summer-produce radar, so a good brand of frozen cherries can come in handy. In the three brands we tasted (first plain, then baked in pie), appearance was a good predictor of quality: Darker color corresponds to greater ripeness in many sweet cherry varietals (yellow-red Rainier cherries are an exception), and the best frozen cherries were uniform... read more