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Compost to improve your soil, plants Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:41AMComposting can eliminate your dependence on chemical fertilizers, improve the quality of your soil, reduce the burden on your community's landfill and lessen your need for soil amendments and those black plastic bags.
Sow carrots for fall harvest Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:53AMBy now you've probably harvested your spring carrot crop. But, carrot lovers, you have a second chance. Now is the time to sow more carrot seeds for a fall crop. And because it's about 90 days from seed to harvest, don't delay.
The gym will totally still be there after you finish that creme brulee. Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:04PMJapanese BENIHANA VILLAGE Las Vegas Hilton, 3000 Paradise Road, 732-5821. Japanese tabletop cooking at its finest. The chefs deliver great steaming-hot food, as well as an entertaining show.
Researchers develop new soybean variety Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:15AMFORT SMITH, Ark. — A soybean variety called edamame will be introduced as a regular farm crop in the Arkansas River valley next year, if researchers at University of Arkansas' Vegetable Research Station have their way.
Cone heads: Home cooks discover how easy it is to make ice cream Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:44AMNo matter the season, ice cream is a favorite -- but it's during summer that people's taste buds really crave the creamy treat.
DIY: Create your own compost pile Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 11:45AMIf you're still bagging grass clippings and fallen leaves to be hauled off to the landfill, make this summer the season you declare your independence from the 30-gallon plastic bag.
Getting Fresh: Chive Talkin' Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:56PMGetting Fresh is a seasonal exploration of fresh herbs. From cultivation to cooking, join us as we get our hands dirty and add a little extra spice to life. If you have any favorite uses for the herbs we cover or questions, please share them in the comments section. [ more › ]
Grow and cook 11 herbs (and no spices) Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 4:40AMCitrus, spice, licorice, sweet, sour, pungent. Culinary herbs encompass those and other flavors for which words just don’t exist. The best part about culinary herbs? They taste best fresh and most can be grown in your backyard. Or front yard.
Jail inmates are planting, growing their own food Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 11:28AMInmates are gardening at the Plymouth County Law Enforcement Center throughout the summer. Vegetables such as carrots, radishes, onions, cucumbers and tomatoes are already growing in a 20-by-25 foot garden plot on the east side of the evidence building.
Say Cheese: Recipes for Shavuot Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 8:19PMDuring Shavuot, it’s a custom to serve dairy foods, such as cheese blintzes, cheese noodle kugels, cheesecake and even ice cream. But have you wondered where this tradition comes from?
North Central Community Calendar — May 26 Tuesday, May 24, 2011 @ 2:59PMshare: digg facebook twitter Send your North Central public event notices (including recreational sports) for free to Edmond Ortiz at eortiz@primetimenewspapers.com; by fax at 250-3350; or by mail to him in c/o North Central News, P.O. Box 2171, San Antonio, TX 78297-2171. North Central Baptist Hospital hosts support groups and free educational programs: couples ...
Gardens and Weddings Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 6:28AM“May shall make the orchards bloom; And the blossoms’ fine perfume Shall set all the honeybees Murmuring among the trees.” “May” by Frank Dempster Sherman I have already seen bees outside our home. There is also a mosquito inside our house. I saw her come in as I went out to feed our outdoor cat, Louie. I fear, with all this wet weather, including rain all this week, that we will be in real ...
Home and Garden calendar Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 8:19PMLake Stevens High School plant sale: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays through May 21, campus greenhouses, 2908 113th Ave. NE, Lake Stevens; 425-335-1528. Buy hanging baskets, bedding plants, perennials and vegetables.
Adding beauty one bulb at a time Sunday, May 15, 2011 @ 12:06AMIt is, at last, spring. Fruit trees are in blossom, and forsythia lightens a gray day. My friend Dot and I drove through Dunbarton to Goffstown on Route 13 to view thousands of daffodils. Daffodils line the roadsides, edge cemeteries and churchyards, decorate a monument, nestle beneath stone walls, fill a field and private home yards. The Dunbarton Garden Club has planted 45,000 daffodil bulbs ...
Spring marks the start of fiddlehead season 0 Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 1:53AMThe coil of a fiddlehead looks like the top of a fiddle - hence the vegetable's name. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Baird) As pretty as they are, Health Canada warns against eating raw fiddleheads. They must be properly cooked before consumed.
Spring marks the start of fiddlehead season Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 1:21AMA tight coil of intricately interlaced tiny green leaves is covered, as it emerges from the ground, with a papery golden brown sheaf. As the season advances, the coil unfurls, the stem lengthens and the clumps of five or six fiddleheads per plant rise in lush metre-high plumes.
Easy-to-grow herbs have the power to change everything Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 1:01PMEven novices can cultivate a bumper crop of flavor.
Portland's Food Cart Fix Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 4:29AMYou can call the slow-roasted, hand-cut, hand-crafted, turkey or beef—lovingly raised in family-owned stockyards—slathered with homemade béchamel cheese sauce and piled into a chewy ciabatta roll along with a giant wad of hand-cut fries, a sublime gourmet experience. (Yes, the fries go inside.)
Doeden: Versatile, easy-to-prepare orzo works well with many ingredients Wednesday, May 4, 2011 @ 12:24AMIf you've had an opportunity to peruse the grocery store shelves packed with boxes and bags of all sorts of pasta, there is a good chance your eyes caught something called orzo. Talk about this topic
Memories of Mama Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 10:14PMWe love our mothers. And we love their recipes, although we struggle to re-create them. Or so we learned from dozens of readers who answered our invitation to share their successes and failures in trying to duplicate their moms' best dishes.
Behold the versatile carrot Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 10:50AMThink for a moment. What vegetable is more versatile than the carrot?
Around Your Town: 04/28/11 Thursday, April 28, 2011 @ 12:24AMSierra Vista Woman’s Club Meeting will be May 3, with reservation due by today. Visitation for the meeting, which will be held at Pueblo del Sol Country Club, begins at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at 11:30 a.m. The May meeting will feature Tracy Grady, Public Information Officer for the Sierra Vista Police Department, who will present a program entitled “Personal Safety.” Reservations are ...
Noted cookbook author finds plenty in Vermont to stay active at 85 Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 9:52PMProcessing: Cut red and green peppers into 1 and one-half-inch pieces and put them in the work bowl of the food processor fitted with the steel blade. Mince by pulsing the machine on and off a few times. Remove peppers to a medium bowl.
This week at the Farmers Market Wednesday, April 27, 2011 @ 3:24AMPictured with a salsa-loaded chip is Lt. Benjamin Hardy, Alpha Distribution Company, 215th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division Fort Hood, Texas. San Pedro River Valley Salsa can be found every week at the farmers market. Try a sample! (Photo courtesy of Autumn Hardy) By Diane Jones For the Herald/Review A splendid time was had by all at the Sierra Vista ...
Wax beans thrive in pots and plots Friday, April 22, 2011 @ 10:51PMWhen someone mentions wax beans, I think about the bowl of wax fruit my granny kept on her coffee table. The fruit looked pretty, but we all knew it wasn't edible.
Around Your Town: 04/21/11 Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 1:10AMThe Christian Women’s Connection April luncheon will feature a spring fashion show from Dillard’s with Tricia Williams as emcee. The speaker will be Barbara Schnittker from Green Valley. This will take place at 10:45 a.m. today at the Pueblo del Sol Country Club. For reservations, contact Shirley at 378-3449 or loves2cruise@cox.net. read more
‘Magic Garden’ Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 11:31AMJOSEPH — Robin Martin of Joseph is on a mission to change the lives of Wallowa County children with a back-to-the-earth campaign to grow, market and consume locally grown foods.
Easy Easter Eats Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 4:51AMEaster dinner isn't meant to be a rushed affair. And neither should the meat you serve at it. Which doesn't mean you have to work particularly hard at it.
Easy leg of lamb is worth the time - Wed, 20 Apr 2011 PST Wednesday, April 20, 2011 @ 2:06AMEaster dinner isn’t meant to be a rushed affair. And neither should the meat you serve at it. Which doesn’t mean you have to work particularly hard at it. This flavorful, slowly roasted leg of lamb from Sarah Raven’s cookbook, “Fresh From the Garden,” is a great example of the wonders you can work when you’re not even in the kitchen. Combine the marinade, add the meat, refrigerate and walk away ...
Taking your time is worth it for this leg of lamb Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 5:45PMThis flavorful, slowly roasted leg of lamb from Sarah Raven’s cookbook, “Fresh From the Garden,” is a great example of the wonders you can work when you’re not even in the kitchen. Combine the marinade, add the meat, refrigerate and walk away for 24, even 48 hours.
Your family will love these delicious French-inspired picnic dishes Tuesday, April 19, 2011 @ 12:03PMPARIS -- Like every other major holiday in France, Easter is about chocolate. The city's chocolatiers redesign windows to show off oversize handmade chocolate egg and bunny sculptures; the grocery stores get into the spirit of the season with sacks of chocolate fish, seashells, roosters and bells; even my corner boulangerie is selling chocolates this year.
Cook’s Garden Gourmet Lettuce Seed Giveaway Tuesday, April 12, 2011 @ 4:33PMIn April plants reemerge from the hibernation of winter. The miracle of rebirth appears right before our eyes as we watch our neighbor’s azaleas blossom and see daffodils honking their yellow horns. The desire to clean house and get outside feels biological. And with it, there creeps into our consciousness the yearning to plant something. Our [...]
Leg of lamb worth wait Sunday, April 10, 2011 @ 3:57AMEaster dinner isn't meant to be a rushed affair. And neither should the meat you serve at it.
Japanese Canadian seniors race to preserve culinary customs Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 11:14PMTonari Gumi seniors reprint Japanese homestyle food cookbook to preserve cuisine that's vanishing in Japanese Canadian community.
Homegrown Health Movement Wednesday, March 23, 2011 @ 8:32AMPosted: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:04 am | Updated: 8:18 am, Wed Mar 23, 2011. Plates filled with fruits and veggies cut up into bite-size pieces made a "rainbow" of color on a table in the second-grade room at St. Francis Borgia Grade School Monday morning.
Experts offer tips on growing tomatoes Tuesday, March 22, 2011 @ 8:34AMLate March has arrived with spring flowers, budding trees and enough warmth to fire the enthusiasm for those who enjoying gardening.
Peas in a pod Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 5:34AMSpuds, neeps, leeks - just what is the UK's national vegetable?
What is the UK's national vegetable? Wednesday, March 9, 2011 @ 5:34AMTV chefs and food writers are keen for us to eat local produce. Can the UK be said to have a single national vegetable?
Early planting pays off Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 7:53AMSpring is almost upon us. Have you decided what to plant in your garden or how you will otherwise be
Grains are a good fit for garden Sunday, February 27, 2011 @ 3:58AMNow that you've established a productive vegetable garden, how about growing some pancakes, pasta and home-baked breads on the side?
Comfort of kabocha Wednesday, February 23, 2011 @ 5:37AMThe humble kabocha has quietly inhabited the pots and pans of Hawaii home cooks for generations. Packed with sweetness, this vibrantly orange Japanese squash has made relatively quick and simple work of providing healthful, hearty meals in a variety of ways.
Quality seed should last awhile Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 8:27AMCooks aren't the only ones who create leftovers. Gardeners end up with them, too - frequently, unused seeds.
Chili peppers heat up cooking Saturday, February 5, 2011 @ 9:06AMSeasonings: Monica Bhide and Andrea Nguyen share tips on using chili peppers in cooking. Plus, Sanjeev Kapoor's recipe for Sizzling Chicken with Ginger.
Recipe: Potato and Celeriac Gratin, Vanilla-flavored celery mash with pomegranate sauce Tuesday, February 1, 2011 @ 6:46PMThese two recipes showcase the versatility of celeriac.
Lake County Calendar Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 4:16AMFind out what to do this week and beyond. Lake County Right to Life will present Dr. Arie Friedman speaking on "An Ethical Perspective of the National Health Care Plan" on Jan. 15 at Crossroads Church, 1350 State Rt. 137, Grayslake.
Lake County Calendar Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 4:00AMFind out what to do this week and beyond.
Something different for gardeners: growing grains Thursday, December 30, 2010 @ 4:43PMModest planting can produce big yield for home growers
Grains abound in flavor, nutrition Sunday, December 26, 2010 @ 5:13AMNow that you've established a productive vegetable garden, how about growing some pancakes, pasta and home-baked breads on the side?
Growing grains: Plants offer flavor, nutrition, beauty in the garden Friday, December 24, 2010 @ 7:26AMNow that you've established a productive vegetable garden, how about growing some pancakes, pasta and home-baked breads on the side?
Gassenheimer's book among newest for foodie on your list Monday, December 20, 2010 @ 11:12PMThere are tons of places to get recipes these days: online, television, magazines, newspapers, Mom. But you can't beat the sense of unlimited possibility that comes from opening a brand-new cookbook. That possibility extends beyond the recipes themselves: Some cookbooks get the whole family into the kitchen; some transport you to other countries, other cultures; some spur taste memories; others ...