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When you think of a refreshing warm-weather drink, do you think of beer, iced tea, lemonade, or ginger ale? If you mix two of them together in a half-and-half drink, you’ll create a summer refresher: an Arnold Palmer or a Shandy, depending on the recipe. You can purchase them ready-bottled; but like most things, homemade…
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Fresh apricots: a seasonal treat. Photo courtesy Washington State Fruit Commission. Many of us enjoy dried apricots (stuff them with goat cheese!) and apricot preserves. But how many of us eat fresh apricots in the late spring, when they come into season? Not enough, based on a poll of THE NIBBLE staff. Savor the…
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With all the luscious fruit coming into season, it’s time to make easy fruit sorbet. You don’t even need an ice cream maker. You can make granita in a plastic container or the bottom of a metal ice cube tray. Unlike ice cream and frozen yogurt, sorbet is dairy-free, fat-free, cholesterol-free, vegan and free of…
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If you like honey but are tired of cleaning up the sticky drips, try honey sticks: plastic straws filled with honey. The no-mess packaging is easy to open; the honey squeezes out with no drips. This fun and tidy way to serve honey dispenses single servings to anyone who wants some in their tea, on…
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Fresh lychee (pronounced LIE-chee, not LEE-chee, after the Cantonese lai chi) is now coming into season. Take the time to seek out this wonderfully exotic fruit. Delicately sweet, beautifully aromatic and very juicy, this subtropical fruit is native to Southeast Asia. The small fruits, up to 1.5 inches in diameter, have a thin skin that…
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