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In Season: Blood Oranges
Slice open a blood orange and its red flesh radiates. Generally available from winter to early spring, they bring color to salads, add zing to drinks and brighten meat, poultry and seafood dishes. Why are blood oranges such a sexy red? They have large amounts of anthocyanin pigments, which act as antioxidants and are responsible for red, purple, and blue colors in a lot of vegetables, fruits, and flowers.In Season: Dried Beans
Okay, dried beans aren't "in season"—they're always available and always the same. But this is really the season for them. As the winter months drag on, I just want to curl up on a couch with a bowl of chili that's filled with a lot of beans—not beans that come out of a can, but beans that were soaked overnight. Dried beans are best when we're hibernating. The beans swell and swell and swell as they stay submerged in water, and then they become soft after they're cooked.In Season: Celeriac
Celeriac, or celery root, is the knobby vegetable that many might pass by at the greenmarket. But after the outer layer is cut off, celeriac can be sliced thin for salads or cooked and pureed.In Season: Pomegranate
The fruit's seeds can be eaten raw, used as a garnish for salads, or juiced as a base for soups. Removing the seeds can be frustrating, but with this quick how-to video prepared by our very own J. Kenji Lopez-Alt you'll be doing it like a pro in no time.In Season: Endives
The endive, a leafy vegetable, is actually a member of the daisy family. Often cooked or simply tossed raw into a salad, it's high in vitamins A and K, and is a great source of fiber. Try it with pork tenderloin, or braised with haricots verts—we have recipes for you!In Season: Sweet Potatoes
You say potato, I say potahto. But the sweet potato is something different altogether. Despite the similar name, this orange tuberous root is only distantly related to the potato proper. In the States, they're often candied using brown sugar, marshmallows, maple syrup, molasses, orange juice, marron glacé, or other sweet ingredients. When julienned and deep fried, they become crisp sweet potato fries or chips, and when topped with brown sugar and butter, they can be a great alternative to regular baked potatoes.In Season: Fennel
The bulb, foliage, seeds, and even pollen of the fennel plant is used in a variety of world cuisines, especially those of the Mediterranean variety. Fennel seeds are often dried and used as a powerful, anise-flavored spice; it's commonly seen in Italian sausage, Greek artichoke dishes, and numerous spice mixtures such as the Bengali panch phoron and Chinese five-spice powders. People in Pakistan and India even use the seeds as an after-meal digestive and breath freshener. And the crispy bulb can be sauteed, stewed, braised, grilled, or eaten raw.In Season: Pumpkins
You can do practically anything you want to a pumpkin, from boiling to baking, steaming or roasting it. It's also traditionally eaten mashed or pureed and used as a filling for pumpkin pie. And who can forget the seeds, which are a great roasted snack any time of the year. The pumpkin has also been recommended as a dietary supplement for cats and dogs, though whether it's a good idea to feed it to your four-legged friends is debatable.In Season: Apples
They're juiced, milled for apple cider and filtered for apple juice. The famous fruit also plays a key role as a filling for numerous tasty desserts, ranging from apple crisp to the ever-popular apple pie. Would food (or life) be the same without the apple? We think not. And there's no better time of the year to eat them.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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