RECIPE: Apple Streusel Bundt Cake

Remember the Tunnel Of Fudge Cake, a chocolate bundt cake with an inner circle of chocolate pudding? Here’s a sophisticated version for fall: a Bundt cake with a circle of apple streusel‡ (photos #4 and #5). Celebrate fall’s apple harvest with this apple Bundt recipe from Zulka, a family-owned business that makes premium sugar. National…
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Medjool Dates, Nature’s Candy & The History of Dates

Foodies who like lusciousness—not to mention fitness fans looking for a natural source of post-workout muscle recovery—may want to reach for one of the world’s oldest-cultivated fruits: Medjool dates. Dates are one of the first cultivated foods, and so naturally sweet that they’ve earned the nicknames “nature’s candy” and “the world’s first candy.” Sure, they’re…
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FOOD 101: Ceviche Vs. Tiradito & The History

When you live in a ceviche culture, what do you do for something new? Ceviche, raw seafood marinated in lime juice with onions and other vegetables, is the national dish of Peru—and our favorite food. But what’s tiradito? Here, ceviche vs. tiradito and a brief history of them. While the variations in ceviche recipes seem…
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FOOD FUN: Chioggia Beets

[1] Chioggia beets, candy striped by nature (photo © Bee Raw). [2] A bowl of striped chioggia and conventional red beets (photo by Woodley Wonderworks | CC BY 2.0 License).   Some vegetables just engender a smile. For us, watermelon radish and chioggia beets are two of these, both charmingly candy striped by nature. It’s…
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