I know… you’re thinking he’s stretching it again. He’s trying to tie Father’s Day into some kind of grocery shopping story. Well, you caught me! But I think you will like the story. So how do peaches relate to honoring our fathers this Sunday? About a month ago, I met a peach farmer and author [...]
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This summer was especially rich in luscious fruits. I loved going to our local farmer’s market and as always, my eyes were bigger than my family’s stomach. I felt like I bought everything in sight. I always had plenty of peaches, blueberries, grapes, raspberries and blackberries around. About half-way through the summer though, I noticed [...]
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Successor to the Honeycrisp Makes Its Debut This Weekend
Living in the Silicon Valley, when I hear someone say they have the “next big thing” it usually means they believe they have a new technology that will revolutionize our lives. Well, this time it’s not Apple, as in the technology company, but apples as in the [...]
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Muscato Melon Balls with Marscapone Cream Recipe Included
When I was a novice shopper, I always felt like buying a melon was a grab-bag affair. You know those intriguing bags that used to be very popular where the merchant would entice you to take a chance and buy a bag with a surprise inside. And there was [...]
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Strolling through the farmer’s market last weekend and seeing all the plump and juicy apricots, which are now in season, brought back many childhood memories. Back when Santa Clara Valley was filled with fresh fruits and not silicon chips, orange, cherry, pomegranate and apricot trees were among my favorites. I can remember winding my green [...]
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It is our mantra here at SmartShopIt.com to help our members find opportunities to buy low when flavor is high. Maybe it has to do with the fact that one of us also spends their day watching the stock market go up and down (ok… mostly down recently). This passion for low prices carries over [...]
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Are you planning to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) with the ole Irish standard of corned beef and cabbage? Think again! No, not whether to serve corned beef and cabbage but the fact that it’s not an true Irish standard!
To be more precise it is the ole Irish/American standard. If you were to get on [...]
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It seems a paradox why, in the middle of winter, February is National Cherry Month. Early summer begins the fresh cherry season. It seems cruel to tempt us with talk about this juicy tidbit and not be able to find fresh cherries to satisfy the cravings. I guess we need to get culinarily (is that a [...]
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I love a good guacamole dip for the New Year celebration and may have to indulge heavily to get my fill before next year. This is due to expected high prices in the Spring. Because of unusually warm summer weather and reduced water supplies from Northern California the amount of California grown avocados to be [...]
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I get tons of emails with tips for this and that. Normally I put most of them in the virtual trash bin pretty quickly. However, one caught my eye the other week. Having worked my way through college behind an ice cream counter, I’ve made my share of banana splits. I even remember the way we [...]
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