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Use a bowl or basket of heirloom tomatoes as an edible centerpiece. Heirloom tomatoes are grown from seeds of older tomato cultivars—tomatoes that tasted great. The taste disappeared from most markets in the 1950s, after seeds were developed for mass production. The tomatoes can be found in a wide variety of colors, shapes, flavors and…
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School has never been so tasty. Photo courtesy OneToughCookie.com. Need a treat to celebrate the beginning of the school year? One Tough Cookie, which actually makes very tender cookies, has a solution for your favorite back-to-schooler or teacher. The hand-decorated, buttery shortbread cookies are sure to please. (“I feel like my freezer is empty if…
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Grab-and-go foods like breakfast bars and yogurt don’t make for a warm and hearty breakfast. Yet “warm and hearty” takes time—or does it? You can cook frittatas, omelets and scrambled eggs the night before and microwave them for seconds in the morning, putting a hot dish on the table in a minute. Steel-cut oatmeal and…
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Yesterday we attended a “farm to table” buffet lunch and cooking demo by Toni Willard Young of Chef Toni’s Cooking Academy in New York City. It was targeted to kids, teaching healthy cooking: basic cooking skills plus kitchen safety and where food comes. If you have children, look for kids’ cooking classes in your area.…
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Switch nutrition-empty crouton crunchfor the healthy crunch of nuts. Photoby Jason M | SXC. Instead of carb- and salt-laden croutons on your salad, try nuts as a healthy, crunchy substitute. The best “salad nuts”: almonds, hazelnuts, peanuts, pecans, some pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts, the heart-healthy nuts approved by the FDA. These varieties contain…
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