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By brightfeather • August 29th, 2007

Laura Donnelly of Wired Berries has some excellent tips and recipes to finish off the late summer picnic season in yummy ways.
What Is Your Favorite Picnic Recipe?
We are at the peak of picnic season! In the olden days, moveable outdoor feasts were an activity enjoyed by rich folk who thought nothing of dragging along the [...]

Home facials are fun and easy to do. In most cases the ingredients are in your kitchen and the rest can be easily found in drug stores or in health food stores. Follow the skin care tips and pamper your self with these do-it-yourself recipes for beautiful and healthy results.
Step 1 - Cleansing
Remove all makeup [...]

The Union of Concerned Scientists is excited to bring you a brand new seasonal web feature—Green Cuisine: Earth-friendly, healthy recipes from top chefs and local farmers.
Green Cuisine will profile local chef-farmer partnerships and the creative, healthy, sustainable dishes that result from these collaborations.
For summer, the spotlight is on delicious and [...]

“No fruit is more laden with erotic metaphor” according to Alan Davidson, author of The Oxford Companion to Food. It has been noted many times in literature, especially French, of course, that the peach most closely resembles human flesh…. -> Read more at this site.
Included at that site is an easy, simple recipe for peach [...]

This fleur de sel carameles recipe has been obtained with permission from weirdscience, who has a fascinating blog that everyone should visit.
Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups whipping cream
1 cup corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt
1/3 cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 tsp fleur de sel

Instructions

Line 9 inch square metal cake pan [...]