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The Verdict on the Purple Tomato

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What I’m Drinking This Week: Thanksgiving Edition

Diversity rules!

Postcard from another block: Feral Hawaiian chickens

Vintage trailers for modern cowgirls

The sweetest corn

Hunting flies

Where to Go This Weekend: Healdsburg, CA

5 horror films set in the West

Last-minute Father’s Day gift: a great grill brush

Sunset Eat Fresh, Day 5: You need a little sweetness in your life.

An Eggstraordinarily Sentimental Souvenir

The Hammock Tree, Perfected

Weekend Nature Retreat: Mount Shasta

World’s First Tiny House Hotel Thrives in Portland

Bold hot tomatoes

What’s for Dinner? Beat-Up Potatoes

Go on a doggy playdate with Dogo, a Bay Area program

Queen Betty is gone, we think

Curly wing is not a fashion statement for a bee

Hipster farmers and food truck owners

When bad beetles happen to good bees, it’s not all tragedy

Out with the old

Fluffy pumpkin pancakes with ginger butter

Dealing with a moldy mushroom log

Chicken Ruby, Sick Again

Jumping for joy at the James Beard Awards

Whale victory: Navy agrees to mute its sonar

Team Organic Donors’ Charming Chickens

Meet the Expert: “Airstreamer” Mike Conner

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The bee paradigm