Whether eaten raw or toasted for extra flavor, almonds taste great and pair particularly well with dried cherries.

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After an informal poll of almost 30 nutritionists and dieticians, the perfect snack seems to be a mixture of almonds and dried cherries.

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Every few seconds a wine like the '61 seems to throw off a new sense memory: balsam, leather-bound books, black tea, chocolate-covered raisins, dried cherries.

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Raisins and citron were the two most commonly used dried fruits in election cakes, but I like to use equal amounts of a large variety of fruit, such as dried sour cherries, blueberries, citron, and dark and golden raisins.

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After harvesting, the cherries were pulped to remove the beans and are being slowly dried to reduce the moisture content to between 10-12%.

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