Rubyglow: A $395 Pineapple Worth Considering For A Special Treat

  [1] The Rubyglow pineapple is the result of a 15-year selective crossbreeding process, blending a traditional pineapple with the rare Morada variety to create something both visually stunning and uniquely flavorful (all photos © Del Monte Fresh via Melissa’s Produce). [2] Pineapples grow on stalks, from the center of a short, leafy plant that…
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Dixie Grace’s Boiled Peanuts: Another Way To Enjoy Goobers

Truth to tell, we had never heard of boiled peanuts, a Southern specialty. While many Southern specialties—barbecue, chicken and waffles, cornbread, hot sauce, and pecan pie, for example—not to mention Bourbon—boiled peanuts had never crossed our path. But when Dixie Grace’s wrote to us to try her boiled peanuts—and added that there was a National…
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Hot & Spicy Almond Clusters Recipe For National Peanut Cluster Day

National Peanut Cluster Day is March 8th, but there are too many people who have peanut allergies. Thus, we’ve reworked the classic recipe into almond clusters. > The recipe is below. And for a spicy twist, we used Blue Diamond’s Limited Edition Almonds With Mike’s Hot Honey. First, a few words about these almonds: How…
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All The Fruit Holidays, In Celebration Of National Clementine Day

[1] The clementine, which happens to be one of the two parents of the orange (photo © Fruits From Chile | Facebook). [2] Parent #2: the pomelo (photos #2, #3, and #5 © Good Eggs). [3] The hybrid: the orange (here, a cara cara orange, which is a natural mutation of the navel orange that…
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Blue Diamond Almonds In Frosted Brownie & Snickerdoodle

[1] Frosted Brownie Almonds are dusted with cocoa powder and brown sugar (all photos except #4 © Blue Diamond). [2] Snickerdoodle Almonds are dusted with cinnamon and sugar. [3] Just write the name of the recipient on the label. [4] Our favorite way to add saltiness to a sweet snack mix. See the snack mix…
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