On any given day after a run to the farmer’s market, you’ll find a bowl full of red radishes, greens and roots lopped off, soaking in water in my parent’s refrigerator. My father loves radishes. Whereas some parents put out cookies and chips for their kids for snacks, my dad put out radishes for us, and still does. Crunchy and cool, they’re a great snack. Cut up and tossed with some lemon, oil, mint, and pistachios, they make a great little salad too, or a lovely side for steak, Mexican pulled pork, or tacos. We tossed the radishes with toasted pistachios; I’ve also made with with toasted sunflower seeds, equally good.

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Icewine, also known as Ice Wine or Eiswein, is a very special, very sweet wine. Do you know how Icewine is made?

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Enclume has been making metal pot racks for the last four decades out of their factory in Port Hadlock, Washington. You won’t find cheap materials or flimsy construction here; rather, every Enclume cookware rack starts with super high quality hot-rolled steel and requires over 60 handling steps to complete. An Enclume rack “represents the efforts of skilled humans, not machines,” as they like to say.

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It feels unnecessary sometimes to take something that’s so good in and of itself and change it in any way — a little over the top, or just a waste of time. That is not the case, however, with frying an avocado. It will always be worth it. Here’s why:

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4.65 / 5 Stars | 338 Reviews

by Paula

“These spring rolls are a refreshing change from the usual fried variety, and have become a family favorite. They are great as a cool summertime appetizer, and are delicious dipped in one or both of the sauces.”

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Not long ago, my neighbors and I got together for a quiet tea-and-knitting evening. The idea was to enjoy some company and maybe get a small project done or add a few rows onto a knitting project. We all brought things to nibble and the hostess made ginger tea. Some of us knit, one of us sorted receipts, and the others just came for the company. Busy schedules aside, this was easy to organize and easy to pull together. Not much happened:  a few inches of a scarf came into being, a few stories were told, several cups of tea were drunk. Wild times, eh?

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4.25 / 5 Stars | 2 Reviews

by MelindaGray

“I had a friend that had brought me some orange roughy fish one time. Hence the name, I decided to prepare this fish in a citrus marinade. Turned out tender and flaky. Very delectable. Can also be grilled.”

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