October

This Month's Feature

Ethnic Sensations

Greek-Style Roasted Garlic Cauliflower with Feta Cheese Crust

Cauliflower is a tough sell. Raw, it has a firm yet spongy texture with a mildly sulfurous, bitter taste.

Guest Chef

Ingredient Challenge: Sweet Potato

Here is a simple and healthy comfort food side dish that pairs well with the brisk weather change to the fall season. Take advantage of new crop sweet potato promotions at retail stores with a plateful of Sweet Potato Fries with Horseradish Aioli by Chef James Wilschke, Head Chef at 320 MAIN in Seal Beach, California. This tasty dish transitions easily from the dining table to a serving tray in the TV room as a halftime snack or 7th inning stretch-n-nibble during this month’s Baseball Playoffs!

Positively Ageless

Easy Crockpot Applesauce

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

Product Spotlight

Fresh Fall Fruits

Take a look at this season's fresh fruit.

Fresh Fall Vegetables

Take a look at this season's fresh vegetables.

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.
Chef in the Kitchen

Fall Is Here!

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

Simple Sides Apples

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.
Produce Corner

Apple Wars

By October, supermarkets have replaced all those late summer fruit displays with an array of dazzling, colorful new-crop apples.