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Fresh, dried figs a delicious addition to meals - Chicago Sun-Times Fresh, dried figs a delicious addition to meals - Chicago Sun-Times Posted: 07 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT Figs are part of the mulberry family, along with jackfruit and breadfruit. This ancient fruit, which dates back more than 4,500 years ago to western Asia, is an important symbol in many world histories, including the ancient Greeks and Romans, and religions including Christianity, Buddhism and Islam,. It represents fertility, peace and prosperity and can make any dish special. There are hundreds of varieties. The most popular in the United States include black mission, Calimyrna, brown turkey and kadota. They range in color from shades of white to yellow/green and red to purple/black, and they have a sweet, seedy, soft flesh. One serving of fresh (1/2 cup) or dried (1/4 cup) figs contains 14% the daily value of dietary fiber and 6% of the mineral potassium, helpful in...

Quick Cook: Make crisp, juicy pork lettuce wraps - The Mercury News Quick Cook: Make crisp, juicy pork lettuce wraps - The Mercury News It's grilling season and 'jerks' work just fine, as these recipes show - Iowa City Press-Citizen Grant helps students get hands-on with pork - Agri News Quick Cook: Make crisp, juicy pork lettuce wraps - The Mercury News Posted: 31 May 2021 06:30 AM PDT Years ago, we moved from our home in Switzerland to England. Among the mixed emotions, one standout was a relief to live again in an English-language culture. While I can write at length about our bumbling and surprisingly foreign experience settling into U.K. life, I will stay on the topic of language. It was one of the perks of this international move, and the excuse we used to propel ourselves to a remote corner of southeast England in our well-intentioned quest to blend in. After all, we were fluent in the ...

Yotam Ottolenghi's comté and polenta tart recipe - The Guardian Yotam Ottolenghi's comté and polenta tart recipe - The Guardian Posted: 30 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT A dding polenta to short pastry, be it sweet or savoury, makes the "biting" experience more exciting. Serve with something fresh and sharp, such as a radish and lettuce salad dressed with lemon and garlic vinaigrette. Serves six to eight. For the pastry 170g plain flour, plus extra to dust 60g quick-cook polenta 20g finely grated parmesan 140g unsalted butter, fridge-cold and cut into cubes 50ml water A pinch of salt For the filling 200g comté, grated 150ml crème fraîche 150ml single cream 3 eggs 2 tsp nigella seeds ¾ tsp each salt and ground white pepper 200g chopped Swiss chard, cooked for a few minutes in olive oil (or spinach, washed, wilted and drained) In a food processor, work all the pastry ingredients except the water to fine crumbs, add th...

MIAMI COUNTY — Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer and firefighters in Pleasant Hill served up barbecued chicken dinners during their annual Memorial Day fundraiser on Sunday. After having to cancel last year due to COVID-19, firefighters in Pleasant Hill resumed their annual tradition of the carryout dinners. >> AMC, Cinemark, and Regal movie theaters no longer requiring masks for vaccinated people The firefighters cooked 700 chicken dinners, which all sold in about an hour. The proceeds of the fundraiser go towards the purchase of equipment that the firefighters use to fight fires in Pleasant Hill and Newton Twp. ©2021 Cox Media Group

What is ‘wanton endangerment,’ the charge in the Breonna Taylor case? - Baltimore Sun What is ‘wanton endangerment,’ the charge in the Breonna Taylor case? - Baltimore Sun Posted: 24 Sep 2020 12:00 AM PDT Hankison was fired from the force after Taylor was shot to death by the police during a botched raid on her apartment. During the raid, he fired 10 shots into her apartment from outside, through a sliding glass patio door and a window that were covered with blinds, in violation of a department policy that requires officers to have a line of sight. You are subscribed to email updates from "nytwhat to cook this week" - Google News . To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now . Email delivery powered by Google Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States

Feeding the hunger for meaning | ASU News - ASU Now - Arizona State University Feeding the hunger for meaning | ASU News - ASU Now - Arizona State University Posted: 27 May 2021 03:41 PM PDT May 27, 2021 ASU English Professor Sally Ball contributes to global art project It's no coincidence that the exhibit map for "Telephone," an ambitious project that enlists creators of all kinds to mimic the classic children's game by "whispering" a message from one art form to another, resembles the branches of a tree. Nathan Langston, who conceived of the project, now in its second iteration, was inspired by that metaphor when considering what message to begin the game with. The 2015 iteration of "Telephone" had used "The Breton Fisherman's Prayer" as its original message. This time around, Langston settled on a passage from the book "Ladders to Heaven: The Secret History of Fig Trees,...

What to Cook This Week - The New York Times What to Cook This Week - The New York Times Posted: 30 May 2021 07:30 AM PDT Good morning. There's a lovely special section in the print edition of The Times today devoted to the joys of summer eating, and to the recipes the staffs of the Food desk and New York Times Cooking are looking forward to preparing in the coming weeks and months. Naturally it appears on our website as well, but see if you can't track down the analog version at a newsstand or library. It's a wonderful thing to see in print. And then cook from it! Also in The Times this weekend, Tejal Rao has a great column about the chef Romy Gill, author of "Zaika: Vegan Recipes from India." In it, she writes about Gill's love of canned jackfruit, which she uses to make a sabzi (above) with a gravy of tomatoes and spices, caramelized onions and oil-popped mustard seeds. A sprinkling of amchur — unripe-mango ...