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Food Notes
Dust off that bottle of wine

and head to Andrew Blair’s

Unfortunately, thawed melon will bring down fruit salad
Q. Can I freeze fresh watermelon and cantaloupe for use later in fruit salad without it getting mushy?

Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do about the mushy-fruit problem with melon. Without getting too technical, there is liquid in the cells of all fruits and vegetables. When the liquid freezes, it forms ice crystals, which breaks the cell walls and allows what’s in the cells to come out.

Turn on your senses in kitchen
(By Judy Hevrdejs, Chicago Tribune) Before you slice into a tomato, chop an onion, pull out a skillet – before you even turn on the stove – turn on your senses.

Your ability to use all your senses – to see, hear, smell, feel and taste – may be the simplest way to up your culinary cred.

Thanks to Conservatove Rumblings Blog for this update and story. Providing great iinsight at http://ianessling.com/blog/.