All We Can Eat - The Food section serves up recipe tips, food trends and more - June 21, 2009

CSA Scout: Shoots, Roots and Leaves

This week's CSA subscribers are starting to see more than lettuces.

By Joe Yonan | June 26, 2009; 3:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: CSA Scout | Tags: CSA, Joe Yonan
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Virtual Coupons That Make the Cut

No more fumbling for that coupon at the checkout register. It got there before you did.

By Jane Touzalin | June 26, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Shopping | Tags: Jane Touzalin, budget, shopping
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The End of Rubber Chicken?

Centerplate brings one of the world's 50 master chefs to upgrade the kitchen at the Washington Convention Center.

By The Food Section | June 26, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Bonnie Benwick, conventions
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I Spice: Parsley

The underdog herb gets some love.

By The Food Section | June 26, 2009; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: I Spice , Recipes | Tags: Mark Bittman, Monica Bhide, parsley
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Food Deserts vs. Swamps: The USDA Weighs In

A new USDA report suggests better access to healthful food will not necessarily make Americans eat better.

By Jane Black | June 25, 2009; 3:46 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (9)
Categories: Food Politics | Tags: Jane Black, USDA, food policy, nutrition
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Food Find: Ruth's Fine Almond Toffee

Ruth Phippeny makes really good candy, and she can send it your way.

By The Food Section | June 25, 2009; 2:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Shopping | Tags: Bonnie Benwick, candy
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Tales of the Testers: Rolling in Dough

Learn to make great bread, and maybe you'll some French toast out of it, too.

By The Food Section | June 25, 2009; 10:30 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Tales of the Testers | Tags: Melissa McCart, bread
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Flour Girl: When Basil Met Lemon

A subtle partnership of herb and fruit go into a glaze for calorie-reduced cake.

By Leigh Lambert | June 25, 2009; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Flour Girl , Recipes | Tags: Flour Girl, Leigh Lambert, basil, cake, lemon
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Welsh Rare Bits at the Folklife Festival

Some of Wales's best ambassadors are demonstrating cookery during this year's folklife festival.

By The Food Section | June 24, 2009; 1:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Tags: Bonnie Benwick
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Ready, Set, Name That Column

Ezra Klein's new column in the Food section needs a name.

By Joe Yonan | June 24, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (90)
Categories: Food Politics | Tags: Ezra Klein, Joe Yonan
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Spirits: See What Spuds Can Do

With vodka made from potatoes, terroir is not an outlandish concept to grasp.

By The Food Section | June 24, 2009; 7:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Spirits | Tags: Jason Wilson, vodka
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Slow Food Launches School Lunch Campaign

Slow Food launches a national advocacy campaign to bring "real food" into the national school lunch program.

By Jane Black | June 23, 2009; 3:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Food Politics | Tags: Jane Black, Slow Food, nutrition, school lunch
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It should be high season for cherries, but for some farmers it's been a washout. (Mark Gail -- The Washington Post) The sun finally came out. But not in time for most of the berries. Strawberries? They basically drowned....

By Jane Black | June 23, 2009; 1:00 PM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: To Market, To Market | Tags: Jane Black, cherries
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Outstanding in Either Field

Guests sit down to the Solstice Dinner at Mount Vernon Farm. (Jane Black -- The Washington Post) Two Washington chefs officially welcomed summer this past weekend with dueling solstice dinners on Virginia farms. Restaurant Eve's Cathal Armstrong cooked for...

By Jane Black | June 23, 2009; 10:00 AM ET | Permalink | Comments (2)
Categories: Sustainable Food | Tags: Jane Black
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