Alchemists have tried for centuries to transform base metals into gold -- unsuccessfully, at least as far as we know. But it’s a lovely concept: Take the common and uninspiring -- lead, copper, prunes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sure, you’ve never had raw apricots before. But odds are you’ve had dried ones in trail mix or granola before. Here, they add a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One fine way to smuggle some of summer into winter is to cook with dried fruit. Sunshine is packed into dried apricots, grapes (raisins), dates, currants, ...

I have a dried-fruit problem. The problem is that I love it so much, I can’t have much around or I’ll start nibbling, and a snack becomes a mini-meal. Not the end of the world. But dried fruit is a ...

Rose Miller, my maternal grandmother, was at the helm cooking Thanksgiving dinner for as many years as I can remember. As the eldest granddaughter, I watched the table expand as new cousins came along ...

This excerpt has been reprinted with permission from A Change of Appetite: Where Healthy Meets Delicious by Diana Henry and published by Mitchell Beazley, 2014. Purchase this book from our store: A ...

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Adding apricots to a plain chicken dish can make it spectacular. Along with dried apricots and fresh veggies, our Apricot Chicken Curry recipe includes peanut butter, coconut milk, cinnamon, red curry ...