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Grilled Corn with Smoked Paprika Butter

This recipe gets back to the heart and soul of Modern Beet — simple preparations of fresh, seasonal vegetables! As we near the end of July, fresh corn is showing up more…

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Strawberry and Blueberry Tart with Lemon Curd

I’ve always been one to focus more on the main course than dessert, hence, desserts have never been my specialty. However, when summer comes around, fresh fruits, especially berries…

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Plum and Cardamom Preserves

This preserve came about thanks to one of my co-workers with a prolific plum tree in his backyard. He brought me about 4 lbs of delicious, ripe, and juicy black plums, which begged to be made into some sort of preserve…

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No-Knead Wheat-y Rye Bread

I have tried to make bread from scratch many times, and I have failed miserably many times… It’s probably that I don’t knead enough, but whenever I try to make bread from scratch (quick breads excepted), they…

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Deviled Eggs

Ah, deviled eggs — an unsophisticated American classic… simple but loved, plain but comforting… a little creamy, eggy, savory, vinegar-y — what’s not to like?

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Fresh From the Farmer’s Market Blog Carnival #5

It’s amazing how time flies — here we are already a week into July, and time for the next ‘Fresh From the Farmer’s Market’ blog carnival.  Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to submit an article for this month’s digest! Recipes Photo from Go Frolic Debs from Go Frolic sends a recipe […]

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Simplest Summer Fruit Melange

Here’s another dish that barely qualifies as a recipe, but is so delicious that I wanted to share… simple summer fruit salad with fresh mint and balsamic — it’s sweet, tangy, minty, a little savory, and surprisingly…

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Dilly Wax Beans

A couple weekends ago I was strolling through the Palo Alto farmer’s market when I came across two mountains of beans piled on a red checked table cloth…

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Danish Braid with Nectarine and Strawberry Butter

This month I joined the Daring Bakers! After drooling over the opera cake at Sugarlaws and Feeding Maybelle last month, I decided I would throw my hat into the ring and learn to bake something new…

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Lamb’s Quarter Filo Pie

The more I shop at the farmer’s market, the less often I come across vegetables I’ve never seen before. When I first started visiting the farmer’s market, I had lots of ‘first encounters’: black radishes…


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