TIP OF THE DAY: Learn About Fair Trade

October is Fair Trade Month. If you don’t know about Fair Trade, it’s important enough to devote a minute to read this. Small family farmers in developing-world countries grow much of the world’s cacao, coffee, tea, fruits and vegetables, cotton, flowers, ingredients for beauty products—more than 3,000 products in all. The vast majority of family…
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COOKING VIDEO: Turkey Salad With Celery Root & Apple Recipe

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The producer of this video has decided to remove it from circulation. It finally feels like fall: our local farmers market is full of our favorite Honeycrisp apples. For a dynamic duo of flavor and crunch, pair crunchy apples with crunchy celery root, also known as celeriac (and céleri in French). Celery…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Browniepops

There’s a delicious brownie underneath the ghosts and pumpkins. Photo courtesy Browniepops. Want to do something special this Halloween? Serve these memorable and delicious Browniepops: ghosts, goblins and other “seasonal buddies.” This week, Browniepops—a NIBBLE Top Pick of the Week (read the review)—is giving three lucky readers six of their Halloween brownies-on-a-stick. The concept behind…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Jazz Up The Crudités With Red Celery

Savvy party-givers always provide some low-calorie snacks. A platter or basket of crudités (croo-dih-TAY, French for raw vegetables) attracts dieters, vegetarians, the generally health-conscious and those who are reminded that they should be eating more veggies. While there’s nothing wrong with the standard repertoire of baby carrots, cherry tomatoes, celery sticks and broccoli florets, you…
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HALLOWEEN: Pumpkin Jam & Cheese

Lightly-sweetened jams make delicious cheese garnishes. Photo courtesy Artisanal Cheese. What do your foodie friends want for Halloween? Portuguese pumpkin jam is a delicate, autumn-spiced cheese condiment. It’s a colorful addition to any cheese platter and pairs especially well with aged sheep’s milk cheeses. Artisanal Cheese sells an artisanally-produced pumpkin jam, made in small batches…
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