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Apples

Apples, like many fruits, can be utilized in almost any preparation, from soups and sandwiches to savory entrees. Though the area in which apples truly shine is of course desserts, and one of my personal favorites is the famed Tarte Tatin.
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Citrus Zest: Beauty Is Skin Deep

For the many who insist that beauty is only skin deep, I ask those good souls to consider the lemon; with that citrus wonder, a most worthy part is the skin. ...
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Wild Maine Blueberries

Uncultivated taste and manners. That's what you can expect from a wild Maine blueberry. The tiny wild, blueberries native to Maine and Eastern Canada have a sharper, more distinct sweet and tart flavor when compared with cultivated blueberries grown in other parts of the country. ...
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An Orange Is An Orange Is An Orange

Oranges are a near-perfect food. One medium sized navel orange has just 80 calories, is cholesterol and sodium free and contains more than 100% recommended daily intake of vitamin C. What's more, they taste great and come neatly packed in their own durable skin for easy transport. ...
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Strawberries

Saint Hildegard was a 12th century German abbess, (the nun in charge of a convent), who supposedly had prophetic and apocalyptic visions. The theological authorities at the time confirmed her visions as authentic. In addition to her prophesies about God and the end of the world, Saint Hildegard believed strawberries were unfit for human consumption. Because they grew close to the ground, she reasoned that snakes and toads contaminated them. ...
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Grape Season - Cooking with grapes

Grapes are the oldest fruit known to man. The Spanish are credited with the introduction of grapes to America over 300 years ago. Grapes are grown in the temperate zones around the world including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. ...
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Food Mill Applesauce

When Shakespeare summoned up "remembrance of things past," he no doubt had loftier visions in mind than a bowl of applesauce. Well, that was his loss, but not mine. My younger days, when time seemed to proceed at a more measured pace, fall meant a heaping bowl full of just that- applesauce - freshly made steaming and fragrant....
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