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Filed under: Farming, Vegetables, Slashfood Ate, Summer, FallThis time of the year, I love going to the farmer's markets to try the many succulent and colorful tomatoes. Depending on the season, we can enjoy these fruity delectables into mid-fall. Like so many fruits and vegetables, there are plenty of varieties of tomatoes to try. Below are 8 ...

Filed under: Slashfood Ate, SummerSummer time is hot. Where I live, it's in the upper 90s every day. It makes me want to tear into a frozen treat at any moment. If summer time makes you crave anything frozen, maybe some of these will get your mouth to watering and your feet headed toward the freezer. 1. Here's a whole half dozen ideas from ...

Filed under: Recipes, Lists, Slashfood Ate, SummerIf your kitchen gets as hot as mine, cooking during the summer can become incredibly oppressive. It's this time of the year when I explore the many delicious meals I can prepare that do not involve cooking. In the beginning of June, fellow blogger Marisa McClellan wrote a post about a no-cook ...

Filed under: Fruit, How To, Slashfood Ate, Summer July through September is the time of year when we should be savoring fresh raspberries. They grow wild all over different parts of the country. This past weekend, while driving through the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, I stopped at various farms to taste the raspberries. Each berry was ...

Filed under: Dairy, Newspapers, Slashfood Ate, SummerI've never considered myself a pudding person, as I'm not generally a fan of very soft or mushy foods. Bread pudding is wonderful, but pudding puddings always remind me of baby food or having my wisdom teeth. Recently, though, I've seen some very classy puddings pop up in the food blogosphere. ...

Filed under: Recipes, How To, Slashfood Ate, Summer Ah, the sweet floral aroma and the spicy tang of a sherry wine vinegar! This summer, when craving fresh green crunchy lettuce, I think of drizzling vinaigrette made with sherry wine vinegar all over it. Sherry wine vinegar, called vinagre de Jerez in Spain, is aged in a similar way to balsamic ...

Filed under: Fruit, On the Blogs, Slashfood Ate, SummerOn the Fourth, I went with my parents and my boyfriend to pick blueberries, and we came home with 20 lbs. of them. Apparently, we're not the only ones with blueberries on the brain, since the food blogs have been teeming lately with lovely blueberry delights (even this one, see?). Here are a ...

Filed under: Fruit, Slashfood Ate, SummerIt seems like every other post on my favorite food blogs these days involves some sort of jam -- fruit, spice, anything! Here's a round-up of some particularly fetching jam finds on the blog circuit: Tomato Jam from Habeas Brulee, who serves it with hearty dishes. Oatmeal Cookie Rasberry Jam Bars from ...

Filed under: Vegetables, Recipes, Lists, Slashfood Ate, Spring, Summer As a child, I never enjoyed eating peas. I associated them with split pea soup which I almost always found to be a nauseatingly mushy green mess. So, I was pleasantly surprised when I recently tried pea salad with radishes and feta cheese. The peas were vibrant green and had ...