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Ruth's Chocolate Chip Cookies - Ruth Milstein discusses baking with beer and shares this easy cookie recipe!

The Organic Gardener's Cookbook - Authors Don Rosenberg and Chef Megan Lambert share easy growing tips and delicious recipes for your home-grown vegetables.

Smoked Mussel Salad - Five-Star Chef Ivan Flowers shares this recipe featuring smoked mussels tossed with tomato, orange, avocado, roasted peppers, cilantro, and served with an olive oil citrus gastrique.

A Renaissance and Truffles - Maralyn Hill 'The Epicurean Explorer' reports back from her visit to Eugene, Oregon where she attended the Oregon Truffle Festival and went truffle hunting.

Amazing Gluten-Free Amaranth - Lisa Grey shares her gluten-free breakfast recipes for Blueberry Amaranth Porridge, and Banana-Maple Amaranth Pancakes.

Fresh Strawberry Pie - Leah Launey, innkeeper of Three Rivers Bed & Breakfast, shares this strawberry pie recipe that's baked in a sweet dough pie crust.

Wonderful Watermelon - Chef Jeremy Manley ‘Southern California’s Sustainable Chef’ shares his cool summer watermelon recipes including Cucumber Watermelon Salad, and Watermelon Granita!

Wine Trippin’ in Greece – Linda Kissam ‘Food, Wine & Shopping Diva’ takes a quick cruise down the Greek Wine Roads and visits Markou Vineyards, Tsantalis Winery, Porto Carras Winery.

Folklore of Distilled Spirits – Karen Pierce Gonzalez ‘Queen of Folklore’ shares some interesting traditions and lore about fermented beverages including gin, rum ‘grog’, whiskey, and more!