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Produce guides

seasonal produce guides for each fruit & vegetable

These produce guides help you make the best of fruits & vegetables when they are in season.

  • How to tell good from bad (or ripe from unripe)
  • Quality at the grocery store vs farmers market (highly dependent on each specific fruit and vegetable)
  • Best storage techniques
  • How long it should last when properly stored
  • Addressing specific problems (like bitterness in cucumbers, or substituting nectarines for peaches)
  • Recipes!!

50 cherry recipes to catch your interest (cheese plates & pies to salads & steak)

A sumo citrus mandarin and segmented slices (also known as a Dekopon).

Do Sumo citrus mandarins deserve the hype?

Raspberries in a container

Raspberry flavor pairings & recipes

apricot pairings: blackberries, nuts, and basil

Apricot recipes: floral, nutty, berry, and corny

dozens of fresh peaches ready

75+ peach recipes & flavor pairings

Bowl of fresh blueberries

75 blueberry recipes & flavor pairings

Pink pineberries in season

Pineberries

Vegetables in-season for April on a calendar

April: cooking with seasonal vegetables

Sweet onion recipes for spring & summer

40+ Sweet onion recipes: dinner, dips, and french onion riffs

What to cook in March

March recipes: a spring take on winter recipes

How to cook asparagus

How to cook asparagus: 10 methods & 50 recipes

Rhubarb recipes

50 rhubarb recipes: sweet & savory

February coffee

Cooking in season: February recipes

Parsnip recipe ingredients: parsnips, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, mushrooms, onions, and bruessels sprouts

Parsnip recipes: 48 seasonal ideas for fall & winter

Types of apples

Apple varieties: flavor & cooking notes

Fresh cranberry sauce recipe

Cranberry sauce recipes: boozy, fruity, floral, and spicy

Cranberry recipes: salad dressing

Fresh cranberry recipes: 50+ seasonal ideas

Chicken with roasted grapes and pecan gravy in a cast iron skillet

2022 fall recipe collection: grapes

santa rosa plums - to be used in recipes

Plum recipes: from pies to chicken wings

plumcots and pluots

Plumcots & pluots: what are they?

strawberry recipes - bread

Strawberry recipes: from shortcakes to BBQ sauce

September seasonal fruit recipes: wine and grapes

Cooking with fruit in season: September edition

Pomegranate recipes [fall + winter collection]

November seasonal fruit recipes

Cooking with fruit in November

A basket of apples

Apple recipes & the best varieties to use

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Strawberries in baskets on a farm, with text May produce guide & recipes

75 blueberry recipes & flavor pairings

Bowl of fresh blueberries

Love a classic blueberry pie recipe? Or looking for a unique twist like adding cornflakes to a muffin, or lemon filling in a blueberry layer cake? Wondering what flavors go with blueberries? This seasonal collection has over 75 fresh blueberry recipes for you to enjoy. Blueberry & lemon Lemon and blueberries are a classic flavor...

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Nasturtium vinegar

Nasturtium vinegar bottles and flowers

Homemade nasturtium vinegar has that classic peppery flavor and can be used just as regular vinegar. I use it all summer to make salad dressings and dash it into soups or on top of vegetables that need a splash of flavor. New to working with nasturtiums? They have a very peppery taste, not unlike arugula....

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40+ Sweet onion recipes: dinner, dips, and french onion riffs

Sweet onion recipes for spring & summer

The milder flavor of sweet onions make them perfect for recipes that use a lot of onions, or where the onion flavor shouldn't be strong. They aren't actually sweeter than regular yellow or red onions, they just have less of the characteristic 'bite' that onions are known for. French onion inspired French onion soup is...

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