21.   Readers often send me questions that are of interest to more than an audience of one, and lately they have almost all involved fruits and vegetables.

22.   Readers sent dozens they had gathered from around the globe.

23.   Quality won out, in no small part because of the e-mails several readers sent warning me against the perils of skimping on my NICs and hub.

24.   Readers send in choices, too.

25.   Readers have sent me a grand assortment of winners and losers.

26.   Readers sent along plenty of salad recipe options to fill the Sherman Oaks request for delicious and easy possibilities to serve at a summer shower.

27.   Several readers sent in honey-mustard dressing recipes.

28.   Several readers sent versions of buzzword bingo-type cards to be played at meetings and speeches.

29.   Several readers sent along recipes for chewy pralines, a year-round favorite at Mexican restaurants and a home favorite during the holidays.

30.   Several readers sent in corn bread recipes using honey as the sweetener.