COOKING VIDEO: How To Bake Acorn Squash

  Many people shy away from baking acorn squash at home. We don’t blame them: Unless you know how to cut one properly, the prospect of using a big knife to cut open a thick winter squash can be scary. The thick, green, ribbed skin can seem impenetrable. Yet the yellow-orange flesh inside is delicious:…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Keep Produce Fresh

Today’s tip comes from a reader question to The New York Times: Does the mist that grocers spray on fresh vegetables keep them fresh or hasten spoilage? It depends. Without spraying, many vegetables would wilt, since, after harvest, they go into a drier environment and cannot replenish water through their roots. On the other hand,…
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