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[lsanderson]

During Ramadan, Dates Are a Unifying Staple
By JULIA MOSKIN

When the chef Sameh Wadi was growing up — first in Kuwait, then in Jordan, and finally in Minneapolis and St. Paul — one of the few constants in his life was his mother’s cooking, especially the date-filled ring cookies called ka’ak that she made by hand and stockpiled during Ramadan.

Recipes: Dates With Cream and Chopped Pistachios | Wheat Berries With Roasted Carrots, Harissa Yogurt and Dates | Roast Chicken With Couscous, Dates and Buttered Almonds | Cucumber Yogurt Salad With Dill, Sour Cherries and Rose Petals | Lamb Shanks With Pomegranate and Saffron | More Foods to Break the Fast

Fresh Ricotta Turns a Simple Pasta Dish Sublime
By DAVID TANIS
Recipe: Summer Pasta with Zucchini, Ricotta and Basil

A Chicken Tagine That Gives Rhubarb the Last Say
By MARTHA ROSE SHULMAN

Recipes: Poached Rhubarb | Chicken Tagine With Rhubarb | More Rhubarb Dishes

Craig Claiborne’s Classic Cheesecake
By SAM SIFTON
Recipes: Deluxe Cheesecake | More Times Classics

In Belgium’s Strawberry Fields, Perfection’s in the Picking
By MITCHEL L. ZOLER

Tapping Into the Potential of Falanghina
By ERIC ASIMOV

Coffee Drinks Stake a Claim at the Bar
By OLIVER STRAND
Recipe: Espresso Fizz

Soju for the Soul
By ROSIE SCHAAP
Recipes: Jiwon’s Blueberry-Basil Soju | Soju and Tonic With Lemon-Lime Syrup | Lemon-Lime Syrup


By STEPHANIE STROM

F.D.A. Sets 2018 Deadline to Rid Foods of Trans Fats
By SABRINA TAVERNISE

Facing Consumer Pressure, Companies Start to Seek Safe Alternatives to BPA
By RACHEL ABRAMS

Comments

[don-fitch.livejournal.com]

What's this thing with "wheat berries"? The usage has been bugging me for years, even in far less impressive & authoritative places than the NYT. The word "berry" has a precise botanical definition, and it has (practially) nothing whatsoever to with grains such as wheat. Grumpf!

Not that I'd object to "them" making up a word to describe a cooked grain of wheat, but "berry" has been perfectly cromulent for ages for a kind of fruit composed of multiple parts with many seeds, and a single grain of wheat is ridiculously alien to this.

It's not new

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wheat+berry