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  • COOKS EXCHANGE

    Summer canning can be fruitful

    Now that peaches -- and a few blueberries -- are starting to come in, home cooks, both novice and experience, want to make jelly or jam with the fruits.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Fresh beets intrigue beet lovers and lure skeptics

    Thanks to farmers who are growing under polytunnels -- also known as hoophouses -- fresh, local beets are available practically year round.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Swim with a school of anchovies

    Once many years ago I came across a fish vendor at the farmers market with a whole tray full of beautiful fresh anchovies. On a sudden impulse, I bought them all. Real anchovies -- the ones that have been packed in salt to last -- are an essential flavoring, the garlic of the sea.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Try this steak salad update with snow peas and shiitake mushrooms

    A simple flank, top round or sirloin steak, marinated in a soy sauce-based dressing and then broiled or grilled, is one of those easy, fast dishes that never seem to go out of style. I understand the appeal, but with today's meat-on-the-side, vegetables-in-the-middle sensibility taking hold, it'...

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Steamed clams: Summer at the shore

    A large bowl of steamed clams, some parsley potatoes and a chilled glass of white wine bring back memories of sitting on a deck overlooking the sparkling water in Connecticut.

  • FOOD & DRINK

    Culinary Calendar: June 19

    Culinary events in Manatee and Sarasota counties, including holiday specials, classes and wine tastings.

  • JIM RAWE

    Celebrate Mondavi's 100th

    "Do what you love and you will never have to work a day in your life" is a favorite quote of mine from a true visionary who was at the forefront of proving to the world that Napa Valley, Calif., is one of the best wine regions in the world. While Robert Mondavi spent almost as many hours as there...

  • GREEN LIVING

    Survey finds consensus on shale drilling's biggest risks

    Storage and treatment of liquid drilling wastes, air emissions of methane, water withdrawals for drilling, and site construction are among the biggest problems facing shale gas drilling.

  • HEALTH

    Officials: Urban Outfitters pulls pill glasses

    Retailer Urban Outfitters Inc. has responded to a multi-state campaign and stopped selling flasks, shot glasses and pint glasses that look like prescription pill bottles, political leaders in drug-plagued Kentucky said Wednesday.

  • HEALTH

    HPV vaccine cut infection by half in teen girls

    A vaccine against a cervical cancer virus cut infections in teen girls by half in the first study to measure the shot's impact since it came on the market. The results impressed health experts and a top government top health official called them striking.

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