TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Lifeway’s Probiotic Farmer Cheese & All About Farmer Cheese

Today’s tip: Get to know farmer cheese. We grew up on it: Our grandparents loved it, our mother loved it and we’re in love with its milky freshness, too. For eating at breakfast, for crostini, for a cooking cheese, it’s a tangier option to ricotta: Middle Europe versus Italy. This tip is all about farmer…
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RECIPE: Honey-Cherry Ice Cream For National Honey Month

[1] Honey ice cream with a luscious cherry swirl. The recipe is below (all photos © Vermont Creamery). [2] Some people love their ice cream in a dish, others in a cone. [3] Crème fraîche is packaged in eight-ounce tubs. You’ll have to resist eating the contents with a spoon!   A few years ago,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Easy Way To Cut & Peel Butternut & All Winter Squash

The one food prep task we fear is slicing and peeling butternut squash (and all the winter* squashes, but we eat butternut most often). It’s not the easiest thing to slice and peel, given the force needed to cut through the squash. Even with a firm cutting board and a super-sharp knife, we face with…
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