Category: Fruits, Nuts & Seeds

RECIPE: Rose Pear Galette & The Different Types Of Pears

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Given the markup on roses for Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day, you might want to bake your own roses. These lovely individual tarts are made from seasonal pears. (See the different types of pears, below.) If you prefer an apple rose tartlet or a vegetable rose tart, take a look at these rose pastry recipes.…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Walnuts On Pizza

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[1] Apple Cheddar Pizza With Walnuts from OhMyVeggies.com. [2] Pear, Blue Cheese & Walnut Pizza from 2Teaspoons.com.. [3] Chicken Alfredo Pizza With Walnuts & Gorgonzola from Pillsbury.com.   We’d never had walnuts on a pizza—or even thought of it—until a recent excursion to Paulie Gee’s pizzeria in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The restaurant serves…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Winter Fruit Substitutes

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Fuyu persimmons can substitute for summer tomatoes. Top photo by Jirkaejc | IST. Bottom photo courtesy Good Eggs | San Francisco.   Eating seasonally, a practice that has always existed in culinary meccas like France and Italy (and existed everywhere by default prior to modern transportation and food technology), is an idea that’s been promulgated…
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Pinata Apples & The Top 10 Apple Varieties

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[1] The Piñata apple from Stemilt is a crisp, juicy eating apple (photo © Stemilt). [2] Try it in a warm compote, plain or with ice cream (photo © Ziploc). [3] It’s also a great cooking apple. We love sautéed apples with a pork roast or ham (photo © Williams Sonoma). [4] Is there anything…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Red Grapefruit, The Best Winter Fruit

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Grapefruit is a winter fruit, and we’re glad to have it. America is the world’s largest consumer of grapefruit, with large commercial groves in Arizona, California, Florida and Texas. But the grapefruit’s ancestor, the pummelo (also pomelo, pomello and other spellings), comes from far away. It’s native to Malaysia and Indonesia.     THE HISTORY…
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