TIP OF THE DAY: Radishes, A Valentine Vegetable

Have you ever roasted radishes? Few of us do; but like other root veggies, roasted vegetables can taste even more glorious than raw ones. We liked this particular recipes for “Valentine veggies.” We adapted the recipe from Duda Fresh, using their Dandy Radishes. We adapted this recipe from Duda Farm Fresh Foods of Florida, using…
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RECIPE: Grapefruit Basil Cocktail To Chase The Winter Blues

[1] Grapefruit basil cocktail (photo © Tommy Bahama). [2] Create a twist with a channel peeler (photo © Two Tarts). [3] Get yourself a channel peeler (photo © 1 Easylife | Amazon). [4] You can knot a long strip of peel (photo © Bar Boulud | Boston).   Each weekend we try a different cocktail…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Know Your Dates

The first man-made candy was a taffy-like sweet made by cave men, who dried honey into chewy pieces. But nature’s first ready-to-eat candy was the date. Figs may have been the first cultivated food (more about that below), but dates, which followed them, became the go-to candy. Wild dates are not edible, but early farmers…
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