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Arizona Sonoran News

Arizona Sonoran News

Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Mike Jones photographs bees drinking from prickly pear juice. Jones harvests and makes different recipes with prickly pear fruit. (Photograph by: Mike Jones/ ASKMIKE)

Foodies whip up tasty prickly treats

Carly Oseran February 23, 2018

It pricks you in the hand if you touch it and gets stuck to the bottom of your shoe if you step on it. But, if you learn to work around the painful exterior, the prickly pear cactus is one of the...

Jars of Dawn Petersen's pickles and spiced pickled peaches are sold at the Lillie Mae's Blue Ribbon Pickled Garden booth at the Uptown farmers' market in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, Jan. 6. Photo by Uptown farmer's market.

Love for sale in Arizona

Lindsey Wilhelm February 3, 2016

Small, independent businesses make cookies with mesquite pod flour. Large candy factories sell chocolate handcuffs. When it comes to Valentine's Day treats in the Grand Canyon State, why not buy locally...

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