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For decades, Boston wholesalers sold beautiful trays of the specialty fruit, wrapped in luxurious gold and silver paper, alongside nuts and other dried goodies. Over the years, the tradition has waned. Is a comeback ahead?
Sometimes, the only thing that will balance out your chili recipe is a subtle dose of sweetness. In that case, there's one dry ingredient to reach for.
With planting and harvesting schedules disrupted, and date packinghouses sending less volume to market, some laborers say they are working fewer hours or struggling to find work altogether.