TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Blackeyed Peas For The New Year

If you’ve lived in the South, you may know the custom of eating blackeyed peas or other legumes on New Year’s Day. The dish is served for luck and prosperity in the New Year. The tradition dates back to the Civil War, when Union troops confiscated crops and livestock, leaving the population with little to…
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COOKING VIDEO: Make A Black Bean Salsa Dip

  Why spend money on small jars of “specialty” bean dip when it’s so easy to make your own? You can use black beans (also known as common beans and turtle beans, among other names) or white beans (use cannellini, Great Northern or marrow bean varieties). The cooking video below demonstrates a chunky black bean…
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PRODUCT: Hot-Hot-Hot Ghost Pepper Salsa

Here’s a salsa to enjoy while listening to Donna Summer belt “Hot Stuff.” It’s the first salsa we’ve tried from an artisan producer that uses the world’s hottest chile pepper—the ghost chile, or bhut jolokia. Salsa is a billion dollar industry in America, with consumer preferences trending to hot. Lots of people think that, for…
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RECIPE: Fruit Salsa

Peach salsa is one of the best-selling salsa flavors. You can make your own salsa with almost any seasonal fruit, including other stone fruits such as nectarines and plumcots, or your favorite berries. The fruit takes the place of the tomato, although you can also add a tomato in season. Enjoy the result with chips…
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RECIPE: Hummus With Meyer Lemons

Over the last 30 years, the Meyer lemon has evolved from an ornamental garden lemon found in California farmers’ markets to a popular commercial lemon. The two major lemons in America, Eureka, and Lisbon, have a bracing tartness. The Meyer Lemon, which is a hybrid between a lemon and a mandarin or possibly another sweet…
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