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Video: A quick guide to pears, and the best way to use them

Hi, I’m Daniel Snowden, and today I want to talk to you a little bit about pears.   I brought along some of my favorite ones. I have an Asian pear. These are prized for their crisp texture and honey sweet flavor, best used raw. They’re fully ripe when picked and ready to go. We...

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The Head of a Lion, but Mild as a Lamb: Shishito Peppers

Today we’re going to talk about Shishito peppers. As you can see, the head of the Shishito pepper looks just like the head of a lion, I guess. Shishito peppers are a mild pepper—you can eat them raw, but most people cook them. The cool thing about them is they’re thin-skinned, so they can be...

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Move over kale…fiddlehead ferns are the new superfood in town

A fiddlehead fern is one of the first true signs of produce that spring is upon us, along with ramps and morel mushrooms. And if you look, you can tell a fiddlehead fern that gets its name because it’s curled much like the head of a fiddle or the head of a violin. These are...

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