We had already feasted on roast Carolina duckling with blackberry sauce that we'd made together.

Also different was the mascarpone tart with blackberry sauce.

The tart of glazed shredded apples is memorable, too, with cleansing apple sorbet and blackberry sauce.

The cuisine includes a pork loin in blackberry sauce and a Caesar salad with a traditional anchovy-and-raw-egg dressing.

Add the blackberry sauce to the pan and boil for one minute.

The duck in blackberry sauce had the makings of a crisp winner, but here, too, sweetness was excessive.

Venison loin, though, had a nice gamy edge, served with blackberry sauce, apple puree and fresh pappardelle.

Least successful was angel food cake (too dry) with nondescript blackberry sauce and a mash of berries alongside.

Grilled kiwis with blackberry sauce ($5) were simultaneously smoky and fruity.

Dessert requires fresh ripe peaches and blackberries bathed in a brandied blackberry sauce.