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Bee Grill Honey Salmon

    1 pound fresh salmon filet
2 tablespoons White wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons Savannah Bee Company Grill Honey
Fresh rosemary
Salt
Black pepper

    Preheat grill to 350ºF. Prepare grilling planks according to directions on package. Make slits in salmon (along the grain) every 1 to 2 inches. Pour vinegar and lemon juice over salmon filet, turning to coat both sides.
    Mix olive oil, mustard, and Savannah Bee Company Grill Honey in a small pan over low heat, blending mixture into an emulsion. Pour half of the mixture over fish, turning to coat.
    Strip the leaves of the rosemary and roughly chop to release the oils. Gently push rosemary into the slits on the filet.
    Heat the plank on the grill for 5 minutes and turn the warm side up. Place fish skin side down on the plank. Pour remaining mixture over the top and close grill. When salmon reaches an internal temperature of 135–145º (about 15 minutes), drizzle Savannah Bee Company Grill Honey liberally over the top and turn up the heat to 450º. After 1–2 minutes pull salmon out and let stand for 5 minutes under foil tent before serving.
    ( Courtesy: Savannah Bee Company.)

    Now that I’ve put honey, nature’s sweetest superfood, on the table, it’s time to scrutinize its healthful ingredients like it’s a frog (dedicated to budding scientists) on a slab in high school biology class. (As a sensitive, devout animal lover, I skipped class on dissection day.)
    So, what exactly makes honey a superfood—or is it another added sugar (as some nutritionists claim it to be) that we should stay clear of because it will make us fat and lead to heart woes? I tackle this controversial nutrition topic in the next chapter.
    UN-BEE-LIEVABLE HEALING HINTS TO CATCH
    The United States is a hot spot for honey packers and producers, and its climate and health-conscious nuts and foodies as well as tourists enjoy the progressive honey highlights.
    Old-time honey companies, including Sue Bee ® and Golden Heritage, have held and are holding their place in the global honey industry, past and present.
    Other well-known major honey companies have made their name in both the 20th and 21st centuries.
    California’s honey packers and producers are touted for their honey products, but they are also praised for their honey bees and pollination services to keep agriculture, including almond production, a thriving industry.
    While honey producers are busy working in the honey industry, medical doctors, scientists, authors, and health-conscious consumers are aware of the growing trend of the healing powers of honey.
    The honey industry in the 21st century has captured a worldwide audience because honey’s back-to-nature goodness is versatile and promises healing powers for ailments and diseases.

CHAPTER 4
    Where Are the Secret Ingredients?
    The only reason for being a bee that I know of is making honey . . . and the only reason for making honey is so I can eat it.
    â€”Winnie the Pooh in A. A. Milne’s
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    At 21, a Californian with a honey bee–like wanderlust, I thought about joining the Peace Corps or armed services with the promise of travel and to be with other people—like busy bees in a hive. But I sensed I was different from a worker bee. My travels across America happened with my own two feet, two arms, and one thumb. I set out to do just that as a human bee—go astray from a swarm like a lone honey bee.
    One day I gathered up one sleeping bag and a knapsack stuffed with road-friendly foods, including granola bars and peanut butter. I fled Northern California and headed south toward Interstate 10. My first goal was Florida—the Sunshine State, with beaches, palm trees, and flowers. Naïve like a house bee, I wasn’t ready for the world full of pests, nature’s wrath (from