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Aw Snaps: Scantic Valley Farm

By • October 19, 2012 • 0 Comments

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Every week our friends at Real Time Farms feature the top photos of farms, food artisans, and farmers markets shared on their site.

Your dinner choice is black and white (chicken or fish? Pasta or rice?). If you choose beef from Scantic Valley Farm in Somers, Connecticut, the cows really ARE black and white! Their distinctive heritage breed Belted Galloway cows spend their days grazing in the fields and soaking up the sun, just waiting to be the answer to the question, "What's for dinner?" Click here to see more, and then add a photo of your own - you might be featured here next week!

 

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Menu Ideas

10 Beer-Friendly Recipes for Oktoberfest

By • September 20, 2012 • 1 Comment

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Starting on Saturday, the world will get a little bit crazier: it's the beginning of Oktoberfest, that three-week-long celebration of, well, beer! Though you may not be in a raucous tent, German songs ringing in your ears, you can still pour yourself a pint and celebrate. Here are 10 recipes to get you in the spirit -- lederhosen optional.

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Menu Ideas

7 Higher Steaks

By • September 5, 2012 • 3 Comments

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When you're in the mood to treat yourself -- or cooking a dinner to impress -- a good, hearty steak always does the trick. Here are 7 recipes for the superlatives of steak; 7 recipes to do your piece of meat proud. You deserve it -- and a glass of red, to boot.

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Down & Dirty

Down & Dirty: Tomatoes

By • August 17, 2012 • 4 Comments

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Tomatoes are the beauty queens of summer: beautiful, a bit high-maintenance, and occasionally prone to bursting. And they're not afraid to break your heart: tomatoes just aren't worth eating in any season but the summer. As red as a hothouse tomato looks, it can't compare to the juicy, intense flavor of a sun-ripened sungold at farmers' market.

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