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Sun-dried tomatoes are delicious year-round; but according to the USDA, few if any store-bought sun-dried tomatoes are dried in the sun. The original technique, indeed, was to dry the tomatoes in the sun over the course of several days. These days, most “sun-dried” tomatoes are oven-dried. However, they taste the same, or even better, when…
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Updated July 2026 Israeli salad (salat yerakot, vegetable salad*, in Hebrew) is a chopped salad most commonly made with tomatoes, cucumbers, onion, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt. It can also include bell pepper, and onion. Other ingredients, such as carrot and country-specific ingredients (more about that in a few paragraphs) can be added.…
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When we were 10 years old, Mom planted zucchini in the backyard. We watched in awe as they multiplied faster than the brooms in the Sorcerer’s Apprentice scene from Fantasia. It wasn’t a big plot—maybe 6’ x 8’—but it produced so much zucchini, we couldn’t eat half of it, and gave the rest away. A…
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