December

This Month's Features

A Healthy Holiday

Healthy Holidays

The holidays are the perfect time to learn about and enjoy pomegranates, possibly the oldest fruit in history that is still enjoyed today.

Chef in the Kitchen

The Season's Holiday Celebrations

December brings us several of the year’s favorite holiday celebrations: Hanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Years Eve.

Cookin with the Kids

This feature will focus on providing a child or a group of children, working together under the supervision of an adult, with two uncomplicated, healthy and delicious side dish recipe options centered around one seasonal fresh produce item that a child can contribute to the family meal.

Ethnic Sensations

Vegetarian Walnut Canapes

With all the cooking, entertaining and celebrating going on in December, creating tasty, economical, and healthy appetizers can be a challenge.

Guest Chef

Guest Chef George Tarrosa

'Tis the season to depart from this feature’s usual format in order to present the preparation of a perfect holiday party appetizer in the detail that it deserves.

Certified Organic

Cozy up to the bar

Cozy up to the bar...the fruit bar, that is!
Positively Ageless

Chestnuts

Most of us enjoying snacking on and cooking with nuts throughout the year – but we often forget about chestnuts.
Produce Corner

Dawn Tractors

While any large scale grower would no doubt still consider my small plot of five varieties of specialty garlic a far cry from a volume operation, the commitment it took to plant a field instead of a garden moved my perspective to a very different produce corner, pardon the pun, than the one I am used to from a sales and writing desk.
Product Spotlight

Favorite Holiday Fruits

Fresh Fruits are always perfect for the holidays!

Favorite Holiday Vegetables

Chestnuts, Pearl Onions and Other Holiday Favorites