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Early to Rise

Three recipes using apricots are perfect for celebrating Mother's day - and spring.

By Adam Reid
May 11, 2008

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Apricots are the early risers - or is that ripeners? - of the stone-fruit clan. Peaches and nectarines wait until well into the summer, but apricots begin to ripen in mid-May, and most years, apricot season kicks into high gear by the end of the month. Like peaches and nectarines, apricots are distantly related to almonds. You can leverage that ... (Full article: 956 words)

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