Food

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Get ready for Father’s Day with delicious rhubarb dishes

This Father’s Day, we’ll be eating my husband Fred’s favorite steak (always beef for Father’s Day) with his Iowa childhood favorite, rhubarb pie. Or will it be the sauce or Grandma’s Rhubarb Cake? Since grilled ...

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Having fun with tomatoes

I hear that click and I know what he has been up to ... sneaking through the gate and looking every time I come home with more tomato plants. Oh, yes, he knows where they are hidden, waiting to be planted. He’s serious. He built more ...

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Slather mustard on burgers off the grill

Happy May Day! Here we go, kicking off a busy month with JUCO frenzy, graduations, fishing for the big ones, picnics in the park and in the backyard. It’s also the official beginning of summer barbecue and burger season. The aroma of ...

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Be inspired by Easter hams, yams and more

Happy Easter! Happy spring! Appearing in refrigerators all over the valley, spring’s fresh asparagus and strawberries plus all the makings for that holiday dinner: fresh green beans, peas, pineapple, citrus, and sweet potatoes/yams, at ...

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Freeze frame: 
Flavors last 
in frozen flash

Time for another salute to Clarence Birdseye, who discovered the deliciousness of frozen foods by tossing some fish into a snow bank. He then noticed people living in the Arctic throwing fresh fish and meat in barrels of sea water and quickly ...

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Quick soups to celebrate our new year the right way

Happy new year and happy national soup month! The Burmeister clan actually got started early on the January Soup Celebration with our family tradition of having soups and appetizers on Christmas Eve. Every year it’s Julie’s ...

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Tess on the Town: Ring in 2013 with spirits of Peach Street

As the new year looms, it seems only fitting to ring out the year in homage to one of the Grand Valley’s most notable artisan producers, Peach Street Distillers. After winning four medals for individual spirits at the American ...

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Good to the core

ROGERS MESA — The well-polished red apple, untold thousands of which have graced teachers’ desks and schoolboy lunches, is more than a symbol of temptation or high-tech. As Henry David Thoreau once wrote, “It’s ...

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Yes, you can!

There’s something about a row of homemade jars of jelly, gleaming like a stained glass window, that make me smile. A feeling of peace washes over me when I open the pantry and see stacks of jars filled with roasted corn salsa, gently ...

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Tips for newbies, canning faithful

There are so many resources out there for home canners, it can be pretty overwhelming. It’s important to follow reliable information, and you can count on your local extension service for that. Beginning canners and experienced canners ...

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