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The trick is simple once you see it: the same base you'd freeze-dry for a winter soup works just as well as a summer grain salad — just cut back the broth and add small pasta or quinoa. Freeze-dry a...

If you live somewhere like Hawaii, fruit trees are almost an afterthought — plant one and it thrives outdoors year-round. Most of the country needs to be more deliberate about it, choosing dwarf or cold-hardy varieties that actually match their...

If you’ve got spring fever and have worn out your seed catalogs and vacation brochures already, you’re probably ready for a new diversion. There’s a fantastic genre of books that are part cookbook, part travelogue and part unadulterated foodie eye...

Gardeners without a freeze dryer tend to plant conservatively, worried about overdoing it. With one, that worry mostly disappears — you can plant generously, knowing the surplus won't go to waste. These three vegetables are especially worth growing extra of....

Most health professionals agree that crash dieting doesn't work — cutting calories drastically while feeling deprived is a reliable setup for yo-yoing right back to where you started. The thing that actually holds up isn't willpower, it's planning. As the...