July

Feature

Certified Organics

Friends, (Romans) countrymen, lend me your ear. (of corn that is!)

Chef In The Kitchen

Positively Ageless

Herbs and spices are an easy and inexpensive way to make an everyday dinner into an extraordinary meal. They provide complex layers of flavor to replace what salt and fat deliver, plus many of them are loaded with antioxidants and health-promoting plant chemicals.

Produce Corner

Summertime of Melons

Product Spotlight

July 2008-Fruits

Melissa's fruits for July 2008 include red tamarillos, kiwano melons, Champagne grapes, Saturn peaches, lychees, cherimoya, and sprite melons.

July 2008-Vegetables

Melissa'a vegetables for July 2008 include seasonal baby potatoes, boiler onions, cactus leaves (nopales), microwavable baby vegetables, and Melissa’s Peeled Baby Red Beets.

Ethnic Sensations

Pan-Seared Sea Scallops with Israeli Couscous Salad

If you’re looking for a luxurious dinner for two that’s heart-healthy and you get on the table in less than 15 minutes, give this recipe a shot. The delicate, sweet meat of the scallops is the perfect foil to the aggressive lemon and garlic flavor of the Israeli Couscous Salad.
To Your Health

The Drama of Garlic

Garlic (allium sativum) is most amazing, known as much for its myth and legend as for its distinctive flavor. An annual bulbous herb, native to Asia, garlic has grown for over five thousand years, making it one of the oldest cultivated plants in history.
World Cuisines

Chef Saint Patrick?

St. Patrick's Day is around the corner... Don't forget the most popular vegetable: Cabbage.