TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Pizza

Cook veggies before adding to pizza. Photocourtesy California Asparagus Commission.   You don’t have to wait for a lukewarm pizza delivery. Keep a ready-made pizza crust and a few other ingredients (sauce, cheese) at home and your pizza will be ready in as little as 20 minutes. If your homemade pizza crust is not as…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Guayusa Tea

Save the rainforest, save the world. This adaptation of a catchphrase from the first season of “Heroes” floated through our head as we enjoyed cup after cup of delicious and refreshing guayusa. What is guayusa (why-YOU-suh)? It’s a perkier cousin of yerba maté, a tea brewed from South American holly leaves. Maté and guayusa come…
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TREND: Popbar Custom Ice Cream Pops

Our favorite: pistachio gelato dipped indark chocolate and rolled in crushedpistachios. Photo courtesy Popbar.   Food on a stick is fun. Ice cream pops were a favorite treat of our childhood. So we’re happy that a Popbar opened in our town, serving gelato, frozen yogurt or sorbet on a stick. An idea imported from Italy,…
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