Lettuce

How To Core A Head Of Iceberg Lettuce In 3 Seconds

Posted 05.29.2012

Saveur Magazine is at it again. We're sure you remember their ten second garlic-peeling trick from a few months ago. Well, this time they've shaved se...

Bagged Salad Recalled Nationally Due To Listeria Contamination

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

SALINAS, Calif. -- A California lettuce grower has expanded a recall of some bagged salads after routine sampling detected listeria contamination. No ...

Reader Challenge: Grow One Food-Producing Plant This Year

Rebecca Shoval | Posted 07.23.2011

Rebecca Shoval

One of the best things about living on a farm is the freshness of the food. Nothing quite compares to the satisfaction of picking a head of lettuce, washing the leaves and eating a salad in under 10 minutes.

The Ten Easiest Vegetables To Plant in Your Garden

Mary Ann Esposito | Posted 05.25.2011

Mary Ann Esposito

The calendar may say that spring is still a couple of weeks away, but for me the gardening season began to heat up in earnest in January when seed catalogs began arriving daily in my mailbox.

Vegetable Garden Phenomena

Valerie Easton | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Easton

"We've become disconnected from the source of our food, and I hope to change that," says Camille LaTray, proprietress of Raven and the Spade, a two-a...

Lettuce Recall Widens As FDA Investigates E. Coli Outbreak

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A recall of romaine lettuce that has sickened students with E. coli poisoning is expanding as the government tries to find out wher...

Lettuce Recall: E. Coli Possibly In 23 States' Supply

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — An E. coli outbreak possibly linked to tainted lettuce has sickened at least 19 people in Ohio, New York and Michigan, including st...

Urban Agriculture Booms in Seattle

Valerie Easton | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Easton

Driven by a passion seen all over town, from burgeoning P-Patches to residents cultivating forsaken bits of soil, Seattle's officials have declared 20...

Are Your Vegetables Multi-Tasking??

Valerie Easton | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Easton

It was an ornate urn planted up with a bunch of rainbow chard that first alerted me to the ornamental possibilities of edibles. Placed where the sun ...

The Tea Party, Socialists and Safe Food

William Marler | Posted 05.25.2011

William Marler

Doesn't the free market require accurate, complete and timely information to allow consumers to know what they believe is safe for they and their families?

E. Coli Outbreak: Middle, High Schoolers Sickened In New York

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — A recall of romaine lettuce that has sickened students with E. coli poisoning is expanding as the government tries to find out wher...

Trend-Spotting at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show

Valerie Easton | Posted 05.25.2011

Valerie Easton

Got chickens? Fowl in the garden is only one of a torrent of trends on display at the country's third largest garden show. Starting tomorrow and runni...

Hot Fruit and Vegetables for 2010

Valerie Easton | Posted 11.17.2011

Valerie Easton

Growing food is gardening's hottest trend. Here's a look at what's new for 2010, along with tips for success with edibles.

FDA Approves Zapping Greens With Radiation For Food Safety

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to...