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Love Those 'Love Apples'

Luscious tomatoes are just ripe for the picking

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Eileen Goltz

SLICE OF LIFE It's way too late and way too hot to plant and grow your own tomatoes this year. My plants are still alive only because of the diligent watering carried out by my significant other. However, don't despair if you can't pick your own from your garden. Just drive down to your local farm stand or grocery and...

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Puff the Magic Boureka

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Rivka Tal

A TASTE OF ISRAEL In Israel, summer is the time for bourekas -- those flaky, filled pastries of Balkan origin. You can buy them at any bakery in Israel, ready-made at the open markets, frozen and ready-to-bake -- and you'll probably meet up with them sometime as a first course at weddings topped with mushroom sauce. Made from phyllo dough...

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Handling Food Safely on the Road

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N! Oh, how we long for that eight letter word every summer, when millions of us eagerly get away from school and work. We take to the road in cars or recreational vehicles; live on boats; relax in beach or mountain vacation homes; and camp. No matter where we go or what we do, there is a common denominator that...

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Nothing Blue About Blueberries

This little fruit helps perk up any recipe

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Linda Morel, JE Feature

WHAT'S COOKING? While some people wait all year for summer so they can play golf or go to the beach, I look forward to the hot months to go blueberry picking. It's an activity made more special, now that my two little granddaughters share my passion for hand-selecting blueberries to place in baskets. "Skip the blueberries that look pink," I...

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Getting Back to the Garden With Master Chef Michael Caspi

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Jill Radwin, JE Feature

Israeli-born chef Michael Caspi, 30, who held several top spots at major New York eateries, often runs under the radar here in Philadelphia. Maybe it's because he spends his days inside the walls of the historic Morris House Hotel as the executive chef of M Restaurant, on S. Eighth Street near Jeweler's Row. The hotel was built in 1787 and...