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Pesto Not Just Mushy Basil

Pesto Not Just Mushy Basil
For many home cooks, pasta in the summer means pasta with pesto. And that means basil, and lots of it, the big, bright bunches overflowing produce bins and farmers’ markets, tempting with their garden-fresh looks and sharp, heady fragrance.

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Fresh Herbs Make Sweet and Sophisticated Ice Cream

Fresh herbs make sweet and sophisticated ice cream
When fresh herbs collide with ice cream, great things happen. So why let scoop shops have all the fun? Check out FOODday’s tips and recipes for churning up delicious batches of herb-infused ice cream at home.

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Get Back to Basil, and Its Other Varieties

Get back to basil, and its other varieties
It may have been the first herb you met (that dried green stuff in Mom’s spaghetti sauce) or the one in that pot in your first apartment’s garden. You could throw it on a salad or blend it into a pesto. If you had basil on hand, you felt like a chef.

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A Better Way: Extra Basil? Freeze It

A Better Way: Extra basil? Freeze it
Extra basil? Freeze it If you buy basil or any similar herb, really but have more than you need, freeze it in Ziploc bags for later use in pesto, etc.

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Tips for Using Herbs

Tips for using herbs
Herbs are something we use every day.

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Dining Out: Mitchell’s Is a First-Class Fix of Fish

Dining Out: Mitchell’s is a first-class fix of fish
With a name like Mitchell’s Fish Market, this restaurant and bar in Woodmere may have some folks wondering if it’s a restaurant or a fish store. It’s really both, selling fresh fish for take-out or fabulous in-house dining.

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For Fairbanks Farmer, It’s Basically About Basil, Basil, Basil

For Fairbanks farmer, it’s basically about basil, basil, basil
FAIRBANKS — For Gretchen Kerndt, farming started with basil and grew from there. Kerndt, 51, hails from Iowa where her father was big on gardening. One of 10 children in the family, she did her sh…

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Cayuga Wine Trail Hosts Vegetable and Herb Growing Contests

Cayuga Wine Trail hosts vegetable and herb growing contests
Throughout September and October, wineries along the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail are hosting the Wine & Herb Grow & Show Contests.

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Herbal Magic

Herbal magic
Before adding a fresh snip of sweet basil to your favorite Italian dish, take a taste of the leaf first and make sure you like the flavor. “If you like the taste of the leaf, then use it in your recipe, otherwise, don’t add it because that’s how your dish will taste.”

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A Reclusive ‘Bunny’ Mellon Celebrates 100th Birthday

A reclusive ‘Bunny’ Mellon celebrates 100th birthday
There’s an old photograph of her, taken in 1946 in a vast field at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier, dressed in good tweeds and a girlish hat, her hand at her throat, looking questioningly at a man at the left.

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Flower Arranging Finds a Younger Audience

Flower Arranging Finds a Younger Audience
THE first time I bought flowers for myself was about five years ago at the Greenmarket in Union Square, in the midst of the hottest, dullest days of summer. Feeling very alone that afternoon for a reason now forgotten, I stood admiring some tulips. For $8 they could be mine. I was in my mid-20s and it seemed like such a luxury to buy myself flowers for no reason, no occasion. But that day I had …

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Path Out of the Fields

Path out of the fields
Agricultural changes, income limits are causing some headaches at Head Start for migrant families Every summer, migrant and seasonal workers trek to Illinois. As parents take to the fields, the state’s migrant Head Start centers embark on the tough task of enrolling the young children in education programs that could lead to a future away from the fields.

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Taking Care of Basil Plants, Outside and in BASIL

Taking care of basil plants, outside and in BASIL
they’re all perfectly fine. But in the summertime, it’s basil. Basil is — or at least should be — the official herb of summer.

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Basil Fungus Threatens Favorite Herb of Italian and Thai Food Connoisseurs, Costly for Farmers

Basil fungus threatens favorite herb of Italian and Thai food connoisseurs, costly for farmers
DES MOINES, Iowa – A fungus spreading among the nation’s basil crop may leave lovers of Italian and Thai food feeling a bit bland. Basil downy mildew first surfaced in the U.S. around 2007 and is sl…

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A Vine Romance: Mark Hix Transforms in-Season Tomatoes

A vine romance: Mark Hix transforms in-season tomatoes
I am so glad that British farmers are reviving the wonderful tradition of tomato growing – and that they are not just offering up a couple of varieties of the common round tomato. Not that there’s anything wrong with round tomatoes – my grandfather used to grow fantastic moneymakers in his greenhouses and he would flog the odd pound of them here and there to cover some of his costs and, of …

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Wolfson Children Harvest Herb Garden

Wolfson children harvest herb garden
Vanessa Blond watched other young patients at Wolfson Children’s Hospital gather around a small herb garden on the third-floor patio Wednesday and was reminded of her childhood vegetable garden in New York. The 15-year-old was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis last year and she and her mother moved to Starke to take advantage of the humidity and nearby medical care. Blond had been at the hospital …

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In the Bins: Basil Is the Herb of Summer

In the Bins: Basil is the herb of summer
Basil: The herb of summer Basil is a highly fragrant culinary herb commonly used in Italian cuisine.

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Grapefruit, Other ‘Super Foods’ Full of Vitamins

Grapefruit, other ‘super foods’ full of vitamins
Don’t you just love this time of year when all the fresh fruits and veggies start coming in to the farmers market or your local grocer?

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GreenChic / Jennifer Spaide

GreenChic / Jennifer Spaide
I love using fresh herbs. They add a bright flavor that nothing else matches. But I don’t always need as much as I grow or purchase and I often find myself with bundles of herbs that end up in the garbage or compost because they’ve gone bad. What a waste.

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Gloomy or Sunny, June Provides Perfect Weather for Outdoor Gardening

Gloomy or Sunny, June Provides Perfect Weather For Outdoor Gardening
Gardeners can take advantage of the typically cool June weather in Southern California to plant summer vegetables, flowers and trees without worry of heat-related plant damage, say experts at Agromin, an Oxnard-based manufacturer of earth-friendly soil products made from recycled organic material from over 50 Southern California communities including Santa Paula.

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NEEM – A Tree for Solving Global Problems

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Neem (Azadirachta indica) has worldwide medicinal and agricultural applications as a non-toxic alternative to synthetic chemicals for both curing and preventing disease. MEDICINAL uses of neem: ANTIPATHOGEN- effects are selective against parasites: INSECTS (eg Head Lice, Whitefly, Weevil, Caterpillars, Fleas, Moths), WORMS, FUNGI (eg Athletes Foot, Yeast Infection), BACTERIA (eg Leprosy, Tuberculosis) and VIRUS (eg Malaria, Flu) IMMUNO-MODULATOR, ANTICANCEROUS, ANTIVIRAL, ANTIFUNGAL, ANTIALLERGEN, ANTIDIABETIC, CNS EFFECT, ANTIHEPATOTOXIC (liver), WOUND HEALING, CARDIO-VASCULAR, SKIN DISEASES (eg eczema, psoriasis), ANTI-HEMORRHOIDS, ANTI-PYRETIC (fever), ANTI-HISTAMINE, ANTI-ARTHRITIC, ANTI-INFERTILITY, CONTRACEPTIVE, ANTI-OXIDANT, ANTI-LEPROTIC, AGRICULTURAL uses: STORAGE OF GRAINS WOOD FISHERIES PESTICIDE (kills Threadworms (Nematodes), repels Slugs and snails, but is beneficial for spiders, bees, wasps, ladybirds, birds, bats and earthworms) ANTI-AFLATOXIN (toxin produced by fungus on many common commercial crops such as cotton) FERTILISER FORESTRY uses: Improvement of soil, Wind breaker, Mulching… HOUSEHOLD: Pest repellent, Fuel, Soap… THE VIDEO SOURCES ARE BOTH CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES 1. The Nature of Things with David Suzuki (1994) This 46-minute film focuses primarily on the use of neem as insecticide and the discovery of Azadirachtin: Neem Trees are used for reforestation, because it can grow well in dry conditions and sheds leaves all year round. Neem is

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Ahwatukee, Queen Creek Women Among Those With Inspiring Health Stories

Ahwatukee, Queen Creek women among those with inspiring health stories
They are two of five whose efforts to make themselves and their families healthier may inspire you.

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Planetary Herbology

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Michael Tierra talks about his concept of Planetary Herbology

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Juicing for Health

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Juicing For Health Forum, Benefits of each fruit and vegetable juice, juicing information and tips, discussion forum, medicinal herb guide and a dose of natural health information. www.juicingforum.co.uk

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What Herb Goes Best With Salmon Cooked in White Wine: Parsley, Thyme, Rosemary, Tarragon, Chive or Basil?

Here is a great discussion about herb gardening
3650103661 b3fa31ef06 m What herb goes best with salmon cooked in white wine: parsley, thyme, rosemary, tarragon, chive or basil?
Say it is not adhered to, I do not have it on hand.

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