TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Organic & Fair Trade Coffee

It’s effortless to save the world by drinking organic, Fair Trade coffee. Photo by Ermek | IST. With coffee emporia nearly everywhere you look—cafés and shops that sell beans—you’d think that coffee was a hot growth category. Yet the annual growth rate of conventional coffee between 2000 and 2008 was just 1.5%. Organic coffee imports…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The Dish On Plates & Glasses

Food looks more exciting when it’s well packaged. That means the right garnishes, but also the right plates and glasses. Use your nice cups and glasses to serve food—including the ones you have packed away in the “good china” closet. Use beautiful tea cups to serve yogurt, fruit salad, soup, ice cream, seviche or sides.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Use Oil & Vinegar Flavor Boosters

Don’t save your infused oils only for salads. Use them in marinades, as basting oils, and as anointing oils. Drizzle them on cooked fish, poultry, meats, and vegetables, including potatoes. It’s fun to have a variety of flavored oils to work with—garlic, basil, rosemary, wasabi, lemon, and jalapeño oils, for example. Since oils begin to…
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