Authentic Indian Jewelry or Fakes The Buying Guide
A Tucson Consumers Council guide warns buyers to seek honest traders and compare pieces to avoid fakes. It highlights marked origin labels, price tags, and signs of mass production, urging checks on back marks and symmetry for turquoise jewelry and notes resources like the Better Business Bureau for questions.
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Arizona
Heard Museum
Tucson
Better Business Bureau
Turquoise grading and buyer tips from Shopper’s Guide
The piece explains turquoise hardness affects polish, matrix affects taste, and damaged stones lose value. It notes they are native ore and recommends consulting the Shopper's Guide for Indian rugs and baskets. Send $1 for guide and $5 for membership to Tucson Consumer's Council for further information.
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Tucson
Consumer's Council
P.O
Aziz
Council
Viennese Chicken with Tart Cranberry Slices Recipe
Viennese Chicken cooks with onion green pepper carrots mushrooms and tomato in a seasoned broth served over hot noodles. The dish pairs with a cranberry jelly made from fresh or frozen berries sugar water and a dash of salt, chilled in a mold.
Abundant supply lowers cost of dry split peas
USDA specialists note dry split peas are abundant and affordable due to a bumper crop last year. Once stored in a tight container at room temperature they stay versatile for hot dishes, soups, breads, dips, croquettes, and one-dish meals.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Africa
Middle East
Europe
British Isles
France
Idaho
Washington
Agricultural Marketing Service
Lima Bean Bonanza and Walnut Upside Down Cakes
Nutty flavor ideas for cooks using lima beans and walnut desserts. Lima beans are prepared with butter cheddar and walnuts for savory dishes. Walnut upside down cakes use fruit and a walnut sugar base baked and inverted to serve warm.
Try Some Recipes From Today’s Food Pages
A reader is invited to explore the latest entries in the paper’s food section. The page highlights quick, practical dishes and a mix of new and classic flavors to suit weeknight cooking and weekend hosting.
Y Not Cookies Recipe By Scottsdale Leader
Dr. Gloria Little of Scottsdale Community College volunteers a recipe for Y Not Cookies for the YWCA President's Tea on April 24. The notes describe a simple dough of cornstarch margarine sugar and flour, rolled into 1 inch balls and baked after chilling if needed.
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Gloria Little
Scottsdale
Scottsdale/Tempe
Ywca Center
YWCA
Herbs and spices distinctions from the American Spice Trade Association
The piece explains that true spices come from tropical aromatic plant parts while herbs are leafy plants from temperate zones. It notes terms like sweet herbs culinary herbs simples pot herbs and fines herbes and mentions bouquet garni as a common addition.
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American Spice Trade Association
Tropics
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