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This week's it's a fashionista in the kitchen. We'll talk with designer Isaac Mizrahi, who has some strong opinions about cookbooks and some "issues" with entertaining. His latest book, How to Have Style, will be published in October 2008. For the Sterns it's the cream of the cremas (and pastries) at Crema in Portland, Oregon. Produce maven Russ Parsons talks how to find the ever-elusive great strawberry, Lettie Teague is back with new trends in house wines, we'll play a new round of Stump the Cook with celebrity stump master Christopher Kimball, and Richard Wiles has a shoppers guide to pesticides in produce.

Recipes

Strawberries and Oranges in Basil Syrup

Strawberries have an undeniable affinity for the cinnamon-spicy flavor of basil. This recipe can be prepared several hours in advance, but if you store it too long, the berries will soften and lose their texture. Serve this with sugar cookies to dunk in the leftover syrup. Get the full recipe.

Features

Jane and Michael Stern: Crema, Portland, OR.

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Jane and Michael claim the entire city of Portland, Oregon is a find when it comes to great coffee, but one of their favorite places is Crema. It's a homey, Wi-Fi-equipped spot where you can hang out, drink coffee and eat pastry all day if you want. Michael goes for the cheddar corn biscuit, a squat round that's crusty and chewy with baked cheese and sweet corn kernels and a Spanish latte made with sweetened condensed milk. Then there's the cranberry-caramel-pecan bundt cake and double chocolate earthquake cookies ...

Crema
2728 SE Ankeny
Portland, OR
503-234-0206
www.cremabakery.com

House Wines with Lettie Teague

For more information on house wines, read Lettie Teague's excellent article from the March 2008 issue of Food & Wine magazine at www.foodandwine.com/articles/why-it-pays-to-order-the-house-wine.

A Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Visit www.foodnews.org to get the Environmental Working Group's "Consumer's Guide to Pesticides in Produce."

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