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Recipe: Pear, Walnut and Ginger Bread

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  Ingredients 1 c. all-purpose flour ½ c. whole-wheat flour 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp. ground cardamom 1/4 tsp. freshly-grated nutmeg scant 1 c. vanilla sugar 1/4 c. oil or applesauce 1/3

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Farm Focus: Prepare A Pear Recipe Contest!

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For some good old fashioned fun and to embrace the scrumptiousness our pears lend to prepared food, we are sponsoring the Prepare A Pear recipe contest! Last fall, Mark Bittman urged New York Times readers to reconsider the pear for

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Recipe: Pear Lavendar Popsicles

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Thanks to Seas ‘N’ Lies Ice Pops for this delightful recipe. If you are an East Bay member, look for them! Ingredients 4 Large Warren Pears peeled (The softer and sweeter the better, so let them ripen up!) 1.5 cup

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Fruit and News of the Week: September 23rd

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This Week’s Fruit     Flavor Treat Pluot One of our last stone-fruits of the season, the Flavor Treats are reddish-purple over tender, yellow flesh that’s extremely juicy. These pluots can be enjoyed for a few days if left on

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Farm Focus: A Study Of Two Pears

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Study Of Two Pears     I. Opusculum paedagogum. The pears are not viols, Nudes or bottles. They resemble nothing else. II. They are yellow forms Composed of curves Bulging toward the base. They are touched red. III. They are

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