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  • Peak Season: Tomatillos

    Resembling tiny green tomatoes wrapped in a corn husk, tomatillos have a citrusy sourness and silky texture. The flavor of the Mexican mainstay is tart, but "not as strong as a lemon; it's kind of unique," says Randy Bailey, tomatillo grower and owner of Bailey Farms in Oxford, N.C. In Mexican cooki

  • How to Buy Healthy Bread

    Not all loaves are created equal. Here's what you need to know Kate Hahn loves bread so much that on occasion her boyfriend has kept quiet after buying a loaf just to be sure there would be enough for lunch the next day. It's a lifelong fondness for Hahn, who grew up baking homemade bread. Now in he

  • User post: Pan-Asia: 30 Minute Stir-Fry Suppers

    Take a culinary tour of the Far East with these authentic stir-fry creationsWant to get more global flavors into your everyday meals? Stir-fries are an ideal place to start. Recruiting a wok or large skillet and the right combination of ingredients can take your taste buds on a trip to any country o

  • User post: The Ultimate Veggie Grilling Guide

    Simple tips and smokin' hot recipes to get you all fired up about grillingFor a long time, barbecue was considered a meat eater's domain. "At best, vegetarian grilling was an afterthought," says Andrea Chesman, author of The New Vegetarian Grill: 250 Flame-Kissed Recipes for Fresh, Inspired Meals. "

  • User post: Peak Season: Sweet Corn

    "Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn."-Garrison KeillorGolden yellow, silver-white, bicolor, red, or blue-choosing the perfect ear of sweet summer corn has more to do with personal preferences and regional availability than with the quality of one variety over another. "Bicolor corn se

  • User post: Healing Foods: Aloe

    The beneficial properties of this medicinal plant go more than skin deep.If you've ever squeezed the gel from an aloe vera leaf onto a burn or bought a cosmetic with aloe as one of the main ingredients, then you've experienced the topical benefits of this common house and garden plant. Turns out, al

  • 1 Food 5 Ways: Asparagus

    Delectable spring delicacy or fun finger food? Asparagus is both.Asparagus is a study in contradictions. A snap to prepare, it was such a delicacy in Victorian times that individual tongs were used to allow diners to eat it without messing up their hands.

  • User post: Healing Foods: Ginger

    The root that lends its flavor to everything from ginger ale to exotic curries is one of the world's oldest medicinesIf you thought the ginger ale your mom packed for car rides was just a folk remedy, consider this: In a 2003 study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and

  • User post: Drink Your Veggies

    Move over, berries and bananas! These power-packed veggie smoothies deliver pure satisfaction Vegetarian Times put in a tall order when we asked chef Elliott Prag to come up with four vegetable-centric smoothies that met the following requirements: they could be made without a heavy-duty blender or

  • Power Lunches: Stave off the afternoon blahs with these energy-packed make-and-take recipes

    Everyone from 4-year-olds to fitness pros experiences the mid-afternoon fizzle: your eyes glaze over, your energy levels tank, and your brain feels drained of all creative thought. While the sensation is perfectly normal as your body's clock starts to slow down, there's one sure way to keep the feel

  • User post: 1 Food 5 Ways: Eggs

    There's still a lot to learn about this protein-packed basicThink you know how to boil an egg? Google the process and you'll find there's a lot more to it than 10 minutes in boiling water. Molecular gastronomists, scientists who study the physical and chemical processes in cooking, have devoted year

  • User post: Cuckoo for Coconut? Make light coconut milk your new best friend in the kitchen

    Crack open a can of coconut milk and you're halfway around the world … and half an hour away from some exotic dinner options. Whether stirred into an Indian potato stew or recruited to replace dairy in a rich chocolate pudding (to name just two uses featured here), coconut milk transforms simple f

  • Weekend Detox

    Jump-start weight loss and refresh body and mind with our easy two-day cleanse Living in the modern world, our bodies can get to feeling pretty grubby inside. Between the sugars, refined flours, caffeine, alcohol, dairy, chemical food additives, pesticides, and environmental pollutants we encounter,

  • User post: Peak Season: Sugar Snap Peas

    Enjoy those farmers' market sugar snap peas now, before the summer heat turns up! The crunchy pods don't like it hot, which means the local season is short-but deliciously sweet. Crops fresh from the garden or farm have a superior taste and crunch: two qualities that begin to diminish after just a f