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Op-ed in today’s NY Times about the ways that farm subsidy laws penalize farmers for growing fruits and vegetables instead of commodity crops:...

The New York Times reports that a Thai government scientist has come up with a version of the usually rank durian fruit that smells as mild as a banana.

A report from Tales of the tail.

Is it OK to tell people to stop bringing in sweets?

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I believe those little gnats you refer to are fruit flies. The easiest way to deal with them is a non-toxic product from Safer that’s a little hollow cardboard wedge-shaped contraption with a sticky interior and a dose of...

If you are desperate, you might try using Sansho, the Japanese pepper, made from berries that are related to the Szechuan berry. This is still available, I believe, and used to be carried by Phoenix Fruit in Orleans. I would be...

continue to miss the forbidden food, or do cravings for it go away after you haven’t eaten it for a while? Is it best to avoid temptation completely, or can you happily eat your salad while everyone else is having lobster...

I think the most direct response is: its not forbidden, its just not, apparently, done very commonly in Italy. In the never ending quest for the “authentic,” its easy to turn such everyday realities into...

anyone to find out which food suppliers can provide the 'forbidden fruit'? Comments from other 'hounds please. I’ve listed below the copy of this week’s cover but I was unable to find the article online but it will...

I just started cooking with black rice – I love the unique flavor and texture. Non-glutinous Chinese Forbidden rice is different from the sticky black or glutinous rice. A couple of reports w/pics: Vietnamese Shrimp and Black...

know the usual cooks are trying really hard to make the food tasty, but every day I find myself musing on the perfect scheme to sneak forbidden foods. I don’t get to do this often because I’m so busy (last time it was...

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