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In this image provided by Lee Reich shows hazelnut plants in New Paltz, NY. In late summer, gardeners, squirrels, chipmunks eagerly wait for hazelnuts to ripen in their husks and then drop to the ...

I wouldn’t blame a Pacific Northwest newcomer for not appreciating hazelnuts. They’re an acquired taste. Not as extreme a project as sushi or single-malt Scotch, of course. But speaking as a relative ...

The town of Springfield, Oregon, has several "claims to fame" — most of them good things. One of the best is at the far southern end of town on the Willamette River. It's a 250-acre farm, fully ...

One of my new favorite ice cream flavors is Oregon hazelnut bits melded in with caramel in vanilla. What brand is it, you ask? Would I stoop to commercialism in the possibility that it would earn me ...

Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts, and I’ve joined in the game by removing excess seedlings, letting just ...

Giada de Laurentiis can make the most mundane dish feel magical, so when she adds this classic (and delicious) spread to hot ...

How does she do it? Cheating of course. My secrets for deceptively fancy holiday cookies. My Nutella Cones with Hazelnut Praline are the type of easy-to-make, destined-to-impress shortcut cookie ...

Things are getting nutty around my garden. Literally. The squirrels have been doing a lot of nut planting, mostly black walnuts, and I’ve joined in the game by removing excess seedlings, letting just ...

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