TIP OF THE DAY: Farmers Market Shopping Tips

One of our favorite weekly recreations is strolling through our local farmers market. We love looking at the farm-fresh, locally-grown produce, baked goods, cheeses and seafood pulled fresh from the ocean. We love finding things we’d never find in a retail store. Purslane, anyone? You meet nice people, too. Aside from the farmers themselves, the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: More To Do With Mozzarella

You love it on pizza, lasagna, panini, and in a Caprese salad. But there‘s more you can do with mozzarella. For example, Crave Brothers, Wisconsin-based producers of award-winning cheeses, say that mozzarella and fresh vegetables were made for each other. Think beyond the eight-ounce or one-pound balls of mozzarella to other sizes: Perlini (per-LEE-nee), tiny…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Lemonade Recipes For National Lemonade Day

Melon lemonade, an inspired idea. Photo courtesy Zulka Sugar.   According to chef and food historian Clifford A. Wright, the all-American summer drink, lemonade, may have had its origin in medieval Egypt. It’s hard to tell, because while the fruit originated farther to the east, the earliest written evidence of lemonade comes from Egypt. The…
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