October

This Month's Features

Cookin with the Kids

Simple Sides: Pears

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

Breakfast Skillet Cornbread

Cornbread, an iconic American side that graces tables in the Northern, Southern and Southwestern regions of our country, is a type of “quick-bread” that relies on a fast-acting chemical reaction (gases are produced when the buttermilk, an acid, hits the baking powder, an alkali), for leavening.

Guest Chef

Guest Chef Michael Carrigan

This month both a fruit and vegetable from the fall harvest season is utilized in a time-honored recipe that traces its heritage to a simple porridge enjoyed by peasants of the 15th century Italian countryside.

Positively Ageless

Easy Crockpot Applesauce

Apples are stocked year-round in produce sections these days, thanks to modern transportation and farming techniques.

Certified Organics

Cooking is Cool Again

Since many of us are cooking more at home these days (82% of specialty food consumers are cooking more at home due to the economy), it probably comes as no surprise that the type of meals served at home are becoming more ethnically diverse and varied. Asian, Indian, and Mexican foods are on the rise, which means trying new recipes with different spices and condiments.
Chef in the Kitchen

Fall Is Here

Fall is the time to enjoy fun holiday items, beginning with Halloween and ending with Thanksgiving.
Produce Corner

There Is Nothing Dry about the Dry Onion

The fall season brings to the marketplace several varieties of one of the most common fresh cooking ingredient in the world, the onion.
Product Spotlight

Fresh Fall Fruit

Fresh fall fruit...

Fresh Fall Vegetables

Fresh fall veggies...