Day: January 20, 2016

FOOD 101: The First Cultivated Crops, The History Of Agriculture

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[1] Emmer wheat, one of the eight founder crops (photo © Sortengarten). [2] Figs were the first fruit to be cultivated (photos #2 and #3 © Melissa’s Produce).   All of the plant-based food we eat first grew wild. When man transitioned from packs of nomadic hunter-gatherers to settled villages of farmers, they learned to…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Granola Bars

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[1] No-bake chocolate chip granola bars from Fearless Homemaker. Here’s the recipe (photo © Fearless Homemaker). [2] Cherry, chocolate and cashew granola bars from Love And Zest. Here’s the recipe (photo © Love And Zest). [3] Use Old Fashioned Oats, not quick oats, for granola bar recipes (photo © Quaker Oats).   It’s National Granola…
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