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Shepherd’s Salad, Fresh from the Garden

Shepherd’s Salad, Fresh from the Garden

The other night, I went to a Turkish restaurant for dinner and ordered Shepherd’s Salad, which is a perfect and refreshing salad for summer. But as I was eating it, I became sad because I knew at home there was a fresh cucumber I’d harvested from my own garden and tomatoes ripening on the vine. […]

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Giving Thanks for a New Food Tradition

Giving Thanks for a New Food Tradition

by guest blogger Melanie Hansche, executive director of food content and strategy at Rodale Inc The guest list for this first-time Thanksgiving host sounded like the start of a bad joke: five Australians, a Texan, an Englishman, and a Mexican. (At least we had one American, right?) It was my first crack at hosting this […]

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How to Find and Cook an Organic Turkey

How to Find and Cook an Organic Turkey

As Barbra Kingsolver writes so charmingly in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, turkey farming is a brutal business—unless you can find an organic, preferably small-farm, source. My mother raises turkeys every year on her farm, and the birds are surprisingly sociable, friendly, and enjoyable to watch. It almost makes me feel bad about eating them. But then […]

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Brining, Shmining

Brining, Shmining

Let’s talk turkey. Have you ever tried to brine a 28-pound turkey? I’ve done it. I use a cooler. But I have to tell you, it’s a pain in the…honestly, I’ve never been able to taste the difference. I won’t be doing it this year. Every year around the holidays, magazines and newspapers try to […]

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