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Guess What Garden Treat Is In the Jar!

Tanya Spacek of Lawrence, Kansas sent us these fabulous photos of her past weekends adventures in canning. Can you guess what's in the jars? It's something Southerners might recognize more easily, b...

The BLW Sandwich and Potato Chip Wine Pairings
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 8.26.09

What's that on your sandwich? Bacon, lettuce and ... watermelon? Find out more about that recipe below, plus wines to drink with your potato chips, an award-winning goat cheese and the science behind ...

Don't Let Watermelon Go To Waste: Drink It!

This is the time of year, replete with picnics and cook-outs, when there always seems to be a quarter of a watermelon languishing in the fridge. We adore ice-cold watermelon, but one of these ponderou...

Cool and Calm: Six Foods for the Sunburnt

When it comes to sunburns, prevention is best, but sometimes you forget to pack the sunscreen or stay out a little too long. You might not feel like cooking or even eating much while recovering from...

Farm Fresh Salads and Beet Carpaccio au Bleu
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 8.19.09

We're craving colorful late-summer salads right now – like baby beets and turnips with blue cheese, or a panzanella with sweet, juicy watermelon. More on those recipes below, plus ginger fried chic...

Cool Recipe: Janice's Watermelon Tarragon Fizz
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Name: Janice Location: Vancouver, British Columbia How are you staying cool? Refreshing cocktails! I came up with this recipe after we had a heat wave here in Victoria. Hot afternoons were stretching...

Cool Recipe: Megan's Frozen Watermelon Margarita
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Name: Megan Location: Sydney, Australia How are you staying cool? Frozen Watermelon Margarita with Lime Salt...

How To Turn Watermelon Into a Full-Blown Dessert

Early watermelons are starting to appear at the markets, and I was excited to get my hands on one of my favorite fruits this past week. I wanted to serve it as a light, refreshing dessert at a mid-wee...

18 Kinds of Watermelon
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Earlier today, Sarah showed us how watermelons get to be square. You may not find those in your local market, but you might find some of these: Golden Midget, Mickylee, and Cream of Saskatchewan. Y...

How To: Make Shaped Watermelons

We’ve all seen bottles that have pears grown inside them, but have you ever seen a watermelon grown in a box? It’s one of the craziest things we’ve seen in awhile and although it’s not a new...

Picnic Tip: How To Make a Watermelon Sling

One of our favorite things to bring to outdoor get-togethers (or give as a hostess gift) is a whole watermelon. Not only does it alleviate the stress of prep work, but it's easy to pack and go in a j...

Recipe: Watermelon, Rosemary, and Feta Salad

Yesterday we showed you the local artisan goat feta that we're spotlighting this week. Local cheese like this (and the Consider Bardwell Dorset cheese that Nora showed us this morning) can be expensiv...

How To Pick A Ripe Melon

There's a scene in the 1980's television sitcom The Golden Girls where the ladies find themselves arguing at the supermarket over the right way to select a ripe cantaloupe. Dorothy said the way to ch...

Flickr Find: Arugula Salad with Watermelon and Feta

While we were browsing photos of watermelons this morning, we came across this beautiful salad — a nice blend of sweet watermelon with spicy arugula. Click below for the full ingredients list... ...

Summer Eating: How Do You Slice a Whole Watermelon?

We're going to bet that some of you ate watermelon over the weekend. For us, watermelon's coming out party is usually the 4th of July, and from then on, it's a staple at picnics and cookouts. But when...

More Summer Cocktails

Armed with all the fresh fruits and berries that are currently in season in California, we experimented with some new cocktail recipes over the weekend....

Things to Eat: Drunken Watermelon, Geek Cakes and More
Seen, noted, and bookmarked: 05.28.08

A little Wednesday linkage - read on for our bookmark picks today... ...

Not in Season: Watermelon

Photo by Flickr member pcarpen Do you ever just get a mad craving for something not in season? For some reason we've been seeing watermelon everywhere, and that sweet, drippy juiciness sounds like t...

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