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[1] A refreshing watermelon and strawberry salad with feta or goat cheese (photo © Murray’s Cheese). [2] Yellow watermelon is a special treat (photo © DP Seeds). [3] Greek feta is the best: no overly salty like others (photo courtesy Murray’s Cheese). Watermelon is the juiciest of melons, with a very appropriate name given…
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While it’s generally easy to find chives at the market, if you have room to grow a pot, they’re the perfect garnish. Even when they’re not a stated recipe ingredient, chives add color and subtle onion favor to just about any dish: eggs in the morning, salads and soups at lunch and vegetables, poultry, fish,…
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Fish and rhubarb? Absolutely! Photo courtesy McCormick. The eighth of McCormick’s 2010 flavor trends is a pairing of roasted ginger & rhubarb Ginger is a wonderfully pungent spice with a long history of cultivation. In China, where the plant originated, as well as in other Asian countries, the spice is used in a multitude of…
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Sick friends, stressed students, new parents and others who need a pick-me-up would be very happy to receive a shipment of chicken soup. Chicken soup is great comfort food for whomever needs a Spoonful of Comfort—which is the name of one of the two chicken soup gifts we tried recently (the other, not surprisingly, is…
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It won’t fit on the windowsill, but a French herb pot from WhiteflowerFarm.com organizes five different herbs. If you don’t have a window herb box (or pots of herbs), it’s time! Once you start snipping fresh herbs, everything you serve will taste better. We fill flowerpots with basil, chives, rosemary, thyme and tarragon. The plants…
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