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The cool thing about watermelon is it’s pretty much a blank slate. It’s a dandy base for granita, Popsicles, and cocktails. Slice a big one in half, scoop out the guts and you have a seasonal punch bowl for your watermelon punch. Put cubes of it on skewers, along with other fruits and you have a fun and tasty snack for the kids. And, if you’re feeling adventurous, you can even carve one for some summertime fun. Once upon a time in cooking school, I carved a watermelon in the shape of the Titanic. True story. It was the late 1990s and the blockbuster movie had just come out. Leo and Kate were so young. Then again, so was I.

Like the juicy flesh, the seeds and rind of a watermelon can both be transformed into delicious and healthful snacks. (Grace Dickinson/Philadelphia Inquirer)

After weeks of trying to talk pastry chefs into taking her on without any formal training, Blé Sucré’s Fabrice Le Bourdat (formerly of the luxurious restaurant at the Hôtel Le Bristol, now baker of the city’s fluffiest, sugar-glazed madeleines) gave her a shot as an unpaid intern. “He said, ‘If you want to come in and work at four in the morning for free, sure!’” says Moko, laughing. Folding temperature-­controlled dough over and over again to make croissants wasn’t for her, though, so she decided to try restaurant pastry instead, and went to apprentice at Alain Senderens’ two-Michelin-starred Lucas Carton.

The past few months have witnessed an increased incidence of deadly road accidents in Visakhapatnam. Claiming lives and injuring numerous individuals, these accidents have left the citizens here with plenty to worry about.

But Figone, who has known the Mullers for 50 years, acknowledged he had other concerns. Hollister said he plans to pay workers in his cannabis greenhouses between $15 and $16 an hour, which would lure labor from farms like the one Figone runs.

Adam Hegsted’s newest restaurant celebrates one of his favorite, local, natural ingredients. Honey isn’t found in every menu item at Honey Eatery & Social Club – but almost. The Scotch egg is served with honey mustard. The house burger comes with honey-bacon jam. The pulled pork sandwich features honey-vinegar sauce. The Honey Fried Chicken is topped with honey butter. The cedar-cooked Idaho trout includes a honey glaze. Breakfasts come with toast with honey. Anyway, you get the idea. Entrees are contemporary, fun and elevated comfort foods at approachable price points – something for which Hegsted is known. The eatery, located on the main floor, is open for breakfast, lunch and (very) early dinner. It offers an eclectic, boho-chic vibe. The ceiling is high and tan-painted pressed tin. Chairs are metal and colored orange, yellow, white and black. Stained glass evokes honeycomb. Murals on the walls feature flowers and a honey bee. The subterranean tapas bar and lounge, or social club, is open evenings. The focus here is craft cocktails and small plates. The ambiance is more intimate than upstairs, with low lighting and a low-slung ceiling, exposed red brick and dark, tufted armchairs. 317 Sherman Ave., Coeur d’Alene. (208) 930-1514. honeyeateryandsocialclub.com.

Watermelon seeds are rich in vitamin A. Vitamin A is essential for healthy skin. You should note that Vitamin A, unlike other vitamins, is a combination of substances that include carotenoids. This means it contains antioxidants and therefore can fight the type of free radicals that cause the damage of collagen. Damage to the collagen results in saggy skin which often makes you look older than you are or want to appear to be. Taking in vitamin A also ensures that your skin does not get damaged by the sun. It also ensures that if you are light skinned, you do not suffer the redness that comes with exposure to sunlight for extended periods of time. Vitamin A is also responsible for ensuring healthy skin cell growth. This makes it certain that your skin will remain firm and healthy no matter your age. Vitamin A deficiency has been linked to dry skin that is cracked and more often than not develops wounds.

These tasty seeds are a staple snack for long car drives, baseball players, or (if you’re a sci-fi fan) Agent Fox Mulder from The X-Files! The sunflower plant was cultivated by Native American tribes around 3000 BC, and the seeds and oil were used for a variety of purposes, both culinary and medicinally. It was later introduced to Europe, most likely by Spaniards, and became popular for the oil that was extracted from the seeds and was relatively stable compared to other cooking oils. Sunflower seeds, besides being fun (or perhaps frustrating!) to crack, are an excellent source of vitamin E, a fat-soluble antioxidant. Just a quarter-cup of sunflower seeds contains about 80% of the DRA of vitamin E, as well as a hefty dose of healthy fats and fiber.

Li Qiang, chairman of Shanghai JC Intelligence Co. Ltd., said Chinese imports of soymeal substitutes "have huge room for growth."

You can find Chef Stephan VanHeulen’s recipe for Citrus-Cured Salmon in the December 2018 issue of Grand Rapids Magazine.

The faultfinding, especially from friends, appears to infuriate Eda, however, who said they are simply doing everything they can to save the family farm. She said Figone recently asked her why the Mullers couldn’t find a way to make money in farming like other locals, to which Eda said she replied, “That’s great, Louie. I guess we are the only losers.”

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