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Farm Star Favorites: North Shore Living Herbs

by Mary Blackmon and Courtney Buchanan | February 24, 2016

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Mary Blackmon, founder of Farm Star Living, discusses how North Shore Living Herbs helps to bring flavor — and your own personal farm — into the kitchen. Below Blackmon also features a recipe for a dark chocolate blackberry pudding cake with Living Herbs basil.

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