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Spring Greens after a Long Winter

Spring Greens after a Long Winter

The spring greens are coming in! This past weekend, I had fiddlehead ferns in Maine. And the weekend before that, I made my first salad from my garden here in Pennsylvania, pinching off a few tiny leaves and herbs from each plant. Oh, the flavor! Fresh basil and parsley! The tenderest greens, and they would […]

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Herb Shortbread

Herb Shortbread

by guest blogger Amanda Harding, copywriter at Rodale’s A little bit sweet, a little bit savory—this twist on the classic shortbread recipe is just different enough to keep things interesting. Bake the cookies in an embossed shortbread pan, and your gorgeous little goodies will look as delectable as they taste. Herb Shortbread Cookies Ingredients: ¼ […]

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Moist and Wholesome Herbed Biscuits from Scratch

Moist and Wholesome Herbed Biscuits from Scratch

One of the first things I ever made from scratch were whole-wheat biscuits from an old Rodale cookbook by Paulette Mitchell called The New American Vegetarian Menu Cookbook: From Everyday Dining to Elegant Entertaining. It was a recipe for herbed biscuits. Making those biscuits taught me that making things from scratch was not only easy, […]

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