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Try a scintillating salad from The Tudors Royal Feast

Beet Orange Salad with Toasted Walnuts and Goat Cheese

A tour guide at Hampton Court offered a quick and easy way to remember Henry VIII’s six wives and their fates. She said, “Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Lived.” Makes sense, doesn’t it?

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Something different for Easter: Why not Purple Potatoes?

“What (strong accent) are those?” asked my daughter.

Purple potatoes,” I said.

“But, why?” she continued.

“Why not?” I answered.

My eye caught sight of this small bag in the grocery store. I picked it up. Hmm…Klondike petite purple Idaho potatoes? Wonder what would happen if I mashed them; would they turn lavender?

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