Produce

Cardoons: In Season Now

YumSugar | Camilla Salem | Posted 05.23.2012

I grew up eating cardoons, or cardoni, every Spring; my grandmother would braise them, and I was always so fond of their artichokelike flavor. Because...

Pluots, Apriums, Plumcots, Apriplums: What's The Difference?

YumSugar | Sara Yoo | Posted 05.22.2012

At farmers markets, vendors are just beginning to display normal-looking fruits with unusual names — pluots, plumcots, apriums, apriplums -- that so...

Three Shocking Ways Packaged Foods Are Contaminated

Corey Rennell | Posted 05.03.2012

Corey Rennell

Packaged foods acquire long shelf lives when their chemical properties are manipulated so that bacteria cannot grow. While this gives a perception of safety and sterility, it actually means that ingredients of any quality can be used and the food will never go bad.

A Guide to the Farmers' Market -- Spring Edition

Kellan Hori | Posted 05.02.2012

Kellan Hori

It's a great time to venture away from what you normally buy at grocery stores and try new and fresh foods that may be foreign to your taste buds. If you are a farmers' market novice, or go once a week, let this be a good starting point for your visits.

A Budget Cut Only the Produce Industry Could Love

Michele Simon | Posted 04.25.2012

Michele Simon

It's not like this is some wasteful government program. It's a relatively cheap way to help save lives, so what's going on?

How Long To Keep Food In The Fridge (INFOGRAPHIC)

Kitchen Daily | Posted 02.17.2012

Do you ever wonder how long you should keep food in your fridge before it goes bad? A package of deli meat, Chinese takeout, leftover dinner, a jar of...

Obama Budget Cuts Vital Safety Program

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 04.17.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama's proposed budget would eliminate the nation's only program that regularly tests fruits and vegetables fo...

Thanksgiving Changes, Thanks to Climate Change

Neil Wagner | Posted 01.21.2012

Neil Wagner

Climate change acts like an uninvited dinner guest, and now that guest is invading our Thanksgiving dinner.

Lynne Peeples

Produce Problems: How Pigs, Pollution And Other People Taint Our Fruits And Veggies

HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 12.26.2011

The second in a series investigating the complex linkages between human, animal and environmental health: The Infection Loop. Ashley Armstrong's pa...

The Truth About Canned Tuna

Find. Eat. Drink. | Posted 11.20.2011

Find. Eat. Drink.

You care about your fruits, vegetables and meats. But what about that can of tuna you're buying? Here are a list of facts that might make you think ...

The 9 Best Summer Squash And Zucchini Recipes

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.31.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

We love zucchini's mild flavor, melt-in-your mouth texture, and amazing versatility. But by summer's end, we all get a little weary of it, and the thought of throwing one more zucchini plank on the grill becomes something exciting no longer.

Should Every Restaurant Have A Farm?

Liza de Guia | Posted 11.06.2011

Liza de Guia

"Last year we had way more produce than we could use, so this year, we tried to scale back a little bit to hit the sweet spot a little more closely." ...

Top 11 Must-Have Items For a First Kitchen

Small Kitchen College | Posted 10.31.2011

Small Kitchen College

Whether you are living in an apartment or sharing a kitchen with a hundred of your peers on your dormitory floor, here are the top eleven must have items for a first kitchen.

Gooey Artichoke Dip With Fresh Corn

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 10.22.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

My friend Ali was one of my only housemates senior year who didn't violate the "do your own dishes" rule (you know, there are rules for sharing a kitc...

What Happens To Excess Produce On The Farm?

Daniel Klein | Posted 10.02.2011

Daniel Klein

In order to make way for bad yields, bad weather, and unexpected disasters, (or just to make sure they have enough to satisfy their customers), most farms will end up with more than they can sell.

Michelle Obama's Food Desert Crusade

AP | By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 09.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- Michelle Obama's campaign against childhood obesity moved a step forward Wednesday with the announcement that Wal-Mart and other retaile...

Their Spray Rigs in a Twist

Ken Cook | Posted 07.13.2011

Ken Cook

It apparently doesn't occur to the pesticide-produce lobby that the reason sales for organic products have surged is because they taste better and don't deliver toxic pesticides into one's daily diet.

Mark Bittman's Tips For Spring Produce

Kitchen Daily | Kristen Aiken | Posted 06.22.2011

Mark Bittman, food columnist and author of the heralded How to Cook Everything, knows how to handle produce. Now that spring fruits and vegetables are...

FDA Halts Imports Of Some Foods From Area Of Japan Affected By Radiation

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will halt imports of dairy products and produce from the area of Japan where a nuclear ...

Changing the Food Landscape, One Person at a Time: Part One

Karen Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Karen Kelly

There is a lot of innovation going on in the realm of school lunches, none of it having anything to do with food safety bills or mandates from lawmakers. In fact, government is where the least amount of innovation is happening.

Are Vegetables The New Meat?

New York Magazine | Robin Raisfeld & Rob Patronite | Posted 05.25.2011

Only 26 percent of Americans eat at least three servings of vegetables a day, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control study, and last Monday...

PHOTOS: Rabbit, Ostrich Eggs, Morels, And Other Wild Foods Found At Farmers Markets

Huffington Post | Alden Wicker | Posted 05.25.2011

Fall is upon us, and with it a fresh batch of delicious goodies from the farmers market. While you can get almost all the staples with which to fill y...

Profiles in Doing Both: Mike Yurosek, Father of the 'Baby Carrot'

Inder Sidhu | Posted 05.25.2011

Inder Sidhu

Imagine you're a farmer working under the hot sun in Bakersfield, Calif., where daytime temperatures in September average nearly 90 degrees. You grow...

Michelle Goes Grocery Shopping With Tim Geithner And Tom Vilsack (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

Shoppers at a Fresh Grocer in North Philadelphia were greeted Friday afternoon by some surprise visitors -- First Lady Michelle Obama, along with Trea...

What the Farm Gives: A Morning at the Wholesale Farmers' Market

Elizabeth McVay Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Elizabeth McVay Greene

If we are going to promote a network of regional foodsheds with a core value of ensuring stable farm communities in proximity to our cities, we need to rethink how we define a dependable food supply.