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California's salmon face a range of environmental challenges. By  Elisabeth Sherman   A new study from UC Davis and the nonprofit CalTrout, predicts that oil spills, climate change, and droughts, could reduce the California salmon, steelhead, and trout species by...

    Serves 4   8 ounces/225g dried corn fettuccine or spaghetti 2 cups/450ml/225g snow peas 2 ½ tablespoon/37ml hoisin sauce - see recipe below 3 tablespoon/45ml rice wine (sub dry sherry) ½ cup/125ml vegetable broth or water 1 teaspoon/5ml canola oil 2...

  RECIPE COURTESY OF    CLARISSA DICKSON WRIGHT AND JENNIFER PATERSON   Ingredients:  Chicken livers, trimmed  Butter  Cayenne pepper  Prunes, stoned  Rashers of streaky bacon, cut in half    Directions: Gently saute the livers in butter, then cut into thin...

  Food & Wine Test Kitchen Manager Kelsey Youngman has laid out her favorite tips: 1. For a better rise, use cold butter—or even frozen butter. The colder the better, and that extends beyond just ingredients, too. It's ideal to have a chilled bowl and pastry...

  You can use a variety of apple types if you like. Remember that if you use all tart, you may need to add additional sweetener.   Serves 8-10   5 large organic apples, cored and cut into bite size pieces 1/2 cup/125ml local honey or REAL maple syrup Juice of 1/2...

  serves 6   1 stewing chicken 4 pounds/1.8kg 1 onion studded with cloves 1 carrot cut into chunks 2 ribs celery cut into chunks 2-3 garlic cloves 10 peppercorns 1 bouquet garni   Place chicken, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, peppercorns and bouquet garni into a large...

      serves 6-8 Preheat the oven to 350F/176C/Gas 4 1 chicken cut into 6 pieces (legs, wings, breasts) Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Melt the 3 tablespoons/15ml of lard in a large, ovenproof casserole. Working in 2 batches, brown the chicken over medium...

    Adapted from Sor Andrea de la Asunción from the Santa Rosa Convent   Serves 10-12 1/4 cup/60ml/55g lard, vegetable shortening or vegetable oil (Reserve the seeds from all chiles) 1 1/2  ounces/43g chiles anchos, 3-4, stemmed and seeded 1 1/2  ounces/43g...

    A staple in most Greek and Middle Eastern  restaurants and bakeries.  There is no mention of it until  after 1299, which is the beginning of the Ottoman Empire.  Filo/a dough originated in what is now Turkey, but it is the Greeks that refined it into the...

When the summer heat hits, it’s time to break out the barbecues. There’s no better occasion to have a party than on the weekend. Gather friends and family and prepare for a party to really kick off the coming season in style without breaking the bank.   Get the Home...

    Serves 4   30 ounces/850 g drained can of white beans 2 cloves crushed garlic 2 green onions diced 1/4 cup/60 ml fresh lemon juice (about 4 large lemons) 2 tablespoons/30 ml tahini 2 tablespoons/30 ml sesame oil 1/4 teaspoon/1 ml ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon/2 ml...

    Canned tuna is great for a quick and convenient lunch, and is also the perfect store cupboard standby for family favorites like a pasta bake or crowd-pleasing tuna cakes. But whether you should buy tuna in oil or tuna in water is a conundrum. Is Tuna in Water...

    Serves 4   4 Pita Breads, sliced in half 2 cups/565 g hummus 4 handfuls of alpha sprouts 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced 1 cucumber, sliced 1 tomato, sliced   Place the pita bread cut sides up.  Spread 1/4 cup/59 ml hummus on each slice.  Next on start to layer...

      In honour of Bastille Day.   Serves 4-6 1 roasting chicken 2kg/4 pounds 1 tablespoon/15ml olive oil 1/2 head of garlic, mashed into a paste 1 tablespoon/15ml/15g Herbes de Provence 1/2 tablespoon/7ml sea salt 1 teaspoon/5ml fresh ground pepper 1 lemon cut...

  Does salt on watermelon make it even sweeter? It’s important to stay hydrated during the summer, but that doesn’t mean you can only get your hydration from water. Whether you’re hanging out by the beach, relaxing by the pool or playing a few rounds of soccer, you...

Ingredients 5 apricots, stoned and quartered 2 cups water 1/4 cup /50 g caster sugar 4 strips of orange zest, is a potato peeler Seeds of 5 cardamom pods For the Ricotta 1/2 cup/100 g vegan cream cheese 3/8 cup/30 g icing sugar 1 cup/70 g silken tofu 1/3 cup/40 g...