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Recipe: Toasted Peasant Bread with Melted Comte Cheese, Frog Hollow Warren European Pears, Endives and Walnuts

Recipe Courtesy of Mario Hernandez, from Order of the Fat Tongue Makes: 2 Toasts Ingredients: 2 Warren pears, sliced thin 1 small endive, sliced thin 1/4 cup raw walnuts, roughly chopped 12 leaves of whole Italian parsley 2 slices of

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Fruit & News of the Week: September 11th 2017

This Week’s Fruit: August Flame Peaches Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA The Autumn Flame brings a truly nostalgic peach sweetness. It is naturally more firm, but softens beautifully if aged properly on the kitchen counter. It becomes almost as meltingly

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Fruit & News of the Week: September 4th 2017

Fruit of the Week: August Fire Nectarines Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA Elegantly shaped and rich in flavor, with deep red skin and warm orange flesh. Flavor King Pluots Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA A dark-skinned pluot with red flesh,

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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…

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

    This Week’s Fruit:
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    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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