September

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Cookin' With The Kids

Spaghetti Squash with Baked Meatballs

Ethnic Sensations

French Green Lentil Salad

In this rustic salad, the Puy’s delicate, peppery flavor with a soft mineral grace note is paired with lightly pan-roasted carrots and shaved fennel.

Positively Ageless

Ramadan is a Muslim holiday celebrated on the ninth month of the lunar cycle. During this period, Muslims celebrate Ramadan by fasting each day from sunrise to sunset as an act of obedience and a form of worship. The daily fast is broken at sunset with a traditional stew called Harira.

Produce Corner

Cooking with Fresh Herbs

Herbs contain no calories or fat and are essential for use in salt-restricted diets to enhance flavor without adding sodium content. Herbs should be used to augment a food’s natural flavors without overpowering the palate.

Product Spotlight

Summer Fruits 2008

Melissa's delicious summer fruits include Passion Fruit, Pomegranates, Starfruit from Taiwan, Chilean Cherimoyas, Strawberry Papayas, Sprite Melons, Champagne Grapes, and Lychees.

Summer Vegetables 2008

Melissa's delicious summer vegetables New Mexican Hatch Chiles, Chile Peppers, Microwavable Baby Vegetables, Baby Red Beets, Seasonal Baby Potatoes, Boiler Onions, Cactus Leaves.

Certified Organics

Melissa's Fine Fall Food

Is there any other season that makes you feel more like cooking than Autumn? The change in temperature, light, and color all seem to beckon us into the kitchen with thoughts of turning on the oven and preparing warm comfort foods.
Chef In The Kitchen

Rosh Hashanah: The New Year

What is Kosher?

The Laws of Kashruth, most of which are found in the Book of Deuteronomy, were given to protect the Jewish people from unclean food and to preserve the fair treatment of animals.