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Here’s a super simple but hugely delicious (and remarkably healthy) dish: Cedar Plank Salmon with Fennel Fronds.  Love this dish, I make it all summer long.  The sweet, anise-like flavor of the fennel plays off well with the infusion of the cider smoke.  Cedar planks for cooking are available just about anywhere you can buy grilling accessories or charcoal. read more

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I’ve been container growing exotic chiles in Chicago for over a decade.  Its a hobby that started by mistake, to tell you the truth.  I ordered some herb seeds from an online company many years ago, and they accidentally included their “Chile Variety Pack” which, to no surprise, was a collection of various chile seeds.  The chiles in the collection were fairly common varieties you’d find in any good produce section: bell pepper, serrano, jalapeño, habanero, etc.  But I planted them, tended them, and voila! a hobby was born. read more

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