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Like most foodstuffs, honey does best in a location that is cool and dry. Store honey at room temperature, away from direct sunlight. Never put honey in the fridge; it accelerates the crystallization.* When honey crystallizes, the texture becomes “crunchy”—not a pleasant state for most people, but still safe to eat. Crystallization is a natural…
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Photo courtesy National Honey Board It’s National Honey Month in a recession. Today’s tip spans both topics: how to get the last drops of honey from the jar. As the honey is used up and the jar contains mostly air, there is invariably honey at the bottom of the jar that hardens, resisting the…
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Whether for your own home or as a gift when you visit someone else’s, consider making an olive mix recipe. Healthful and versatile, olive mixes stay in the fridge for months, ready to grab and serve with beer, red and white wine, and martinis and other cocktails. You can also use the olives as part…
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Tea leaves are herbs. Photo by Zakir Ghouse | Fotolia. We use the term “herb tea” to specify a tea made of caffeine-free herbs. But black, green, oolong and white teas, which come from the plant Camellia sinensis, are also herbs themselves. According to Chinese legend, in 2737 B.C.E., Emperor Shen Nong discovered tea…
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Luscious blackberry marshmallows from artisan confectioner Gateau Et Ganache. Photo by Dhanraj Emanuel | THE NIBBLE. It’s National Toasted Marshmallow Day, but today’s supermarket marshmallows are nothing to celebrate. Over the decades, what was once a melt-in-your-mouth confection has acquired the personality of a cotton ball—but not as soft. In the early 1950s, Kraft…
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