SEVEN years after prices for private residence clubs and other fractional developments collapsed, the value of a small slice of paradise is still far from recovered. Sales last year began to pick up, hitting $516 million, but that is just a quarter of what it was in 2007, according to a recent report from Ragatz Associates, which tracks this market.
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You probably don't need this stuff around. But if you've ever felt the need to break out the spring-form pan and pastry bag and bake your feelings away, pick up a little can of this stuff. You only need a tiny bit. Cream of tartar is the culinary name for potassium bitartrate, a by-product of winemaking. It's actually a purified form of the residue found in wine fermentation tanks.