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    A Passion for Cooking with Peppers

    Every kitchen garden needs several different kinds of peppers to use in summer-time recipes. Here are five varieties to add a little spice to your cooking life.

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    Add Some Spice to Your Life

    Until you’ve experienced the pleasure of growing sweet red peppers and then grinding the dried pods into fresh paprika, you won’t know what you’ve been missing. One whiff of fresh…

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    Farewell to the Summer Harvest Season–Fall is Here!

    Gone are the bright blue skies of autumn, when one looks up through a dazzling palette of colored leaves against the sky. Lime green, bright yellow, golden, orange, red, mahogany,…

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    Hot Hot Hot! Get Ready to Preserve the Chile Harvest

    About midsummer, peppers mature and begin to ripen, and chiles become more pungent. Right now in my Maryland Zone 7 garden, my chiles are coming on strong and we are…

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    Roasted Chile and Herb Sauce

    This is a recipe using roasted chiles in a delicious South-of-the-Border green herb sauce. It has similarities to both pipián verde from Mexico and pesto from Italy, with a Southwestern…

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    Turkish Stuffed Peppers

    A robust Middle Eastern mixture of rice, dried apricots, currants, and nuts seasoned with aromatics is packed into a colorful assortment of peppers.

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    Stuffed Vegetables

    Savory fillings turn garden produce into something spectacular. And the basic technique for making stuffed onions, tomatores, peppers, and squash is surprisingly straightforward.

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    Zucchini with Roasted Peppers, Corn, and Cream (Calabacitas con Crema)

    Roasted poblano chiles and cream—one of the showstoppers of Mexican cuisine—welcomes zucchini and corn into the classic mix. As is, it’s an unbeatable taco filling; with grilled or broiled chicken,…

  • If rainbow colors are your thing, plant some bell peppers. You can get a color burst of peppers from one variety. 'Islander' is a chameleon, turning green, yellow, purple, orange, and red. Photo/Illustration: Boyd Hagen
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    How to Grow Bell Peppers

    Sweet peppers offer a summer finale to savor.

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    Wild Jungle Tofu

    In Wild Jungle Tofu, the tofu absorbs the flavor of the rich herb paste.