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Searching for Spring With Lettuce and Sorrel

Edward Schneider | Posted 04.24.2013 | Taste
Edward Schneider

Even though romaine is available in the supermarket all year round, treated this way it somehow tasted of spring. And about time, too.

The World's 12 Oddest Vending Machines

The Daily Meal | Posted 04.09.2013 | Taste
The Daily Meal

The live crab machines in China might be interpreted as animal cruelty to some, but then again, there have been vending machines selling live lobsters in Maine!

Who Grows Our Food: Miami GROW

Ellen Kanner | Posted 05.11.2013 | Green
Ellen Kanner

Along the grey knot of expressway engirding Miami International Airport, you'll find row upon row of warehouses, industrial sites ... and small spot of green.

Price Spike Expected For Lettuce, Broccoli

Posted 01.15.2013 | Home

Due to especially cold weather on the West Coast and in the Southwestern U.S., the marketplace is seeing price spikes for some major crops. According ...

The Future of Food Series: Exponential Solutions to Transforming Our Food System

Christiana Wyly | Posted 02.12.2013 | Green
Christiana Wyly

By 2050, we need to figure out how to not only feed but also nourish the three billion new people who will be joining the seven billion of us who are already here on the planet. And we need to figure out how to do this as effectively, ethically and as environmentally sensibly as possible.

The Healthiest Salad Greens

The Huffington Post | Sarah Klein | Posted 10.15.2012 | Healthy Living

Think you mix a mean salad? While we applaud everyone for getting their greens, not all salads are created equal! Comparing iceberg and romaine is ...

How And When To Dress A Salad

Caroline Phelps | Posted 11.26.2012 | Taste
Caroline Phelps

Are wilted soggy greens looking back at you from your plate? Here are some quick and easy tips on how to make the perfect salad.

The Right Kind Of Lettuce For The Job

Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

You don't need to be an expert in lettuces to appreciate the leafy greens. But there are many types of lettuces to know -- all with different shapes, ...

10 Foods You Didn't Know You Could Grill

Organic Authority.com | Posted 08.21.2012 | Home
Organic Authority.com

Summertime aka Grilling Season has arrived, and all around the country the smell of barbequed food wafts through neighborhoods as Americans take their kitchens into the Great Outdoors.

How To Core A Head Of Iceberg Lettuce In 3 Seconds

Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

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 | Home

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 | Home
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 | Home
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 | Home
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 | Home

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 | Home

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 | Green
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 | Home
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 | Home
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 | New York

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 | Home
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 | Healthy Living
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 | Green

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