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Recipe: Roast Chicken with Pears and Shallots

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With the arrival of cooler weather, making this easy and scrumptious chicken is a great way to warm up your house, delight your belly, and refresh your bird handling skills for Thanksgiving. Ingredients 1 whole chicken, about 5 lbs, innards

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Special Feature From Jane Lear’s Blog Writing on Food and Travel

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Obsession: The Warren Pear The pear is one of the world’s great dessert fruits. Native to the South Caucasus, North Persia, or the Middle East, it’s been cultivated for more than 4,000 years. Homer called it “the fruit of the

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Recipe: Baked Pears with Caramelized Brown Sugar and Cinnamon

Ingredients 3 pears 1/2 cup orange juice 1 teaspoon cornstarch 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon clove 1 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoons water 1/4 cup raisins 1 tablespoon brown sugar Preparation Preheat your oven to 450F. Cut the pears in half

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Farm Focus: Owls, Bees, and Bats – Bats

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Bats are on our mind right now and not because Halloween is just around the corner. Mistakenly perceived as pests by many people, insectivorous bats make a significant contribution to insect control at large and in agriculture. According to a

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Fruit and News: Week of October 15 2012

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THIS WEEK’S FRUIT Emerald Beaut Plums 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 a crisp almost crunchy mouthfeel.

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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:
    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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