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Recipe: Fennel Crusted Roasted Pork Loin with Pears and Potatoes

Recipe via Real Simple Ingredients: 1 TBS fennel seeds 2 cloves minced garlic 4 TBS olive oil Kosher or Maldon salt and black pepper 2 pounds boneless pork loin 2 red onions, quartered 1 pound small white poatoes, quartered 3

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Fruit & News of the Week: January 8th 2018

This week’s fruit:   Warren European Pear Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA This is Frog Hollow Farm’s signature pear and for good reason. Too difficult to grow for most farmers to consider it’s never caught on commercially but Farmer Al

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Recipe: Massaged Kale Salad with Warren Pear

Massaged Kale Salad with Warren Pear & Maple Lime Vinnaigrete Thanks to our friend Chef Kristin Cole for contributing this recipe. Check out Kristin’s chef services on her website www.kristin-cole.com Ingredients 1 bunch dinosaur kale 1 warren pear, cut into

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Recipe: Lavender Spice Pears

Recipe courtesy of CSA Member Lauren Hollander Ingredients: 4-6 large Warren Pears 2 cups of water 1/4 c of lavender flowers 1 c raw honey (or 1 c of sugar) A teaspoon each of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and coriander. Instructions:

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Fruit & News of the Week: October 2, 2017

This Week’s Fruit: Emerald Beaut Plum Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A freestone plum, the Emerald Beaut is a delicate green that turns golden with a hint of a blush. It has a firmer texture than the Santa Rosa with

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    Pork Chops with Apples and Onions
    via Martha Stewart

     
    Ingredients:
    6 bone-in pork chops (loin or shoulder), cut 3/4 inch thick
    Coarse salt and fres…

  • Farm Focus: The Buzz with Bees

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  • Fruit & News of the Week: April 9, 2018

    This Week’s Fruit:
    Minneloa Tangelos
    Twin Girls Farm, Dinuba, CA
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  • Recipe: DIY Orange Soda

    Via Food52

    Ingredients:

    4 oranges
    1 lime
    1 cup granulated sugar
    Lemon lime seltzer water

    Method:

    Zest the oranges and the lime and add all o…

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