TIP OF THE DAY: Sage Advice

Even the heat of cracked red pepper fizzles as the spice sits on the shelf. Photo colurtesy SXC. Want better flavor in your food? Every January, toss out all of your old herbs and spices and start the year with fresh ones. After jars are opened, ground spices and dried herbs lose their potency—that’s why…
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PRODUCT: NUT-rition Fruit & Nut Mix

In our early childhood, it was the custom of some households—mostly grandmothers’—to have a cut-crystal dish of nuts and raisins on the coffee table. Did they know it was a protein-filled antioxidant snack or was it just a custom of older times: a treat that could be eaten every day (as opposed to a box…
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