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75 blueberry recipes & flavor pairings

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

April: cooking with seasonal fruit

How to cook asparagus: 10 methods & 50 recipes

50 rhubarb recipes (from pies to BBQs)

Lemon bars with poppy seed crust

Nasturtium pesto pasta with asparagus

Kale Caesar salad with celeriac, hazelnuts, and cornbread croutons

How to make chive blossom vinegar

Prosciutto and Melon Salad with Wine

Picnic sandwich with asparagus and goat cheese

Strawberry bread with chocolate chips

Arugula salad with lentils & lemon-honey dressing

Spring "Mojito" stir fry with toasted bar nuts

Roasted sweet onion & garlic dressing / sauce

Seared steak with farro and roasted grapes

The best (and worst) apples for pie

The type of apple used to make your pie actually matters. So why do some apples make the best pies, but other varieties yield disappointing results? It comes down to their flavor, acidity, and texture after being cooked in a hot oven. I can confirm that these characteristics can greatly vary from one variety to...

Fresh fig banana bread

A seasonal banana bread recipe with a homemade fig-maple syrup swirled into the batter that tastes like fig newton filling. This bread is a perfect way to use seasonal figs this summer and fall, even if they are slightly under or overripe. The recipe requires some extra steps to cook the maple-fig syrup, but it's...

Farmers market apple butter (Instant Pot)

After using almost 100 pounds of apples to test apple butter recipes, I've found the best apple varieties, cooking methods and ingredients to produce the best results. Best apples: McIntosh for their cider-like flavor and smooth consistency with cooked Best cooking method: pressure cooking for its ability to caramelize the sugars Best flavor tip: keep...