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In Season: All-Star Medley of Leeks

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All-Star Medley of Leeks Try adding leeks to risottos, salads, gratins, and stews. You'll be glad you did. Wallflowers of the greengrocer, leeks often sit forlornly in the bin looking like green onions on steroids, passed over by shoppers. Though they are available year-round, we tend to think of these mildest relatives of the onion family as foreign visitors-called upon when we want to impress friends with continental classics such as vichyssoise or potage Parmentier.

In Season: Strawberries

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What's in Season? Winter, spring, summer, and fall each offer their own unique fruits and vegetables for distinct seasonal flavor. Learn to choose and use each season's best. Strawberries 8 ways to take advantage of spring's best berry Each year as the temperatures begin to rise, you begin to notice all of those little things that tell you spring is here and summer is just around the corner-the flowers begin to bloom, the days get a little longer, and strawberries take their place on shelves in grocery stores and farmer's markets. Because of their no-fuss appeal-no peeling, no coring, no mess-strawberries have made their way into almost everything, from muffins to margaritas.

Clementine orange

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Clementine orange Description English: A clementine orange isolated on a white background Date 19 December 2009 Source http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=4883 Author Petr Kratochvil Permission "This image is public domain. You may use this picture for any purpose, including commercial." Licensing This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Petr Kratochvil. From Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Smiley-Lollipop

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Smiley-Lollipop Description English: Smiley on a lollipop. Date June 6 2009 Source Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : I created this work entirely by myself.) Author a little insignificant. Original uploader was A little insignificant at en.wikipedia Permission Released into the public domain (by the author). From Wikimedia Commons

Lollipop

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Lollipop Description Lollipop Date 1 July 2008 Source http://www.openclipart.org/detail/17533 Author Jonatã Bolzan Permission This file is from the Open Clip Art Library, which released it explicitly into the public domain From Wikimedia Commons

See's Candies headquarters, CA

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See's Candies headquarters, CA Description See's Candies headquarters in South San Francisco. Date 28 February 2008 Source Wikimedia Commons Author Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia Camera location 37° 38′ 36.47″ N, 122° 25′ 30.87″ W 210 El Camino Real, South San Francisco, CA 94080 Permission CC-BY-SA-3.0 Licensing The copyright holder of this work has published it under the following licenses: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Coolcaesar at en.wikipedia You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar l...

Ristretto

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Ristretto Description Tango icon for Ristretto image viewer. Date 30 January 2008 Source Available here and here Author Sebastian Kraft Licensing This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version. From Wikimedia Commons From Life