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August 2025
I wonder if everyone has a difficult time refraining from filling their basket with the entire season’s bounty of wonderfully delicious produce when they shop this time of year?

July 2023
I LOVE camping! Sleeping in a tent, sunrise coffee, walking under a canopy of stars, briskly cold lake or river swimming on a hot day, and of course—if it’s not summer in California—sitting by the campfire at night.

June 2018
We eat them in salads, on appetizer plates, or as a snack; the French even eat them on thick slices of hearty bread with a generous spread of butter for breakfast.

September 2016
OH MY! Is exactly what I uttered when I tried these three together in a salad on a recent visit to Portland, Oregon. What a perfect time of year to enjoy this combination of textures and flavors.

May 2016
May is famous for two holidays, Mother’s Day and Cinco de Mayo. Being only 3 days apart, why not combine them and have a Cinco de Mama celebration?

January 2016
This past year, I’ve been traveling across the US and teaching a new seminar to produce teams and retail shoppers.

September 2015
Tomatoes were once known as the “edible wolf peach” and “love apples”; nowadays most of us just call them good. And this time of year the flavor is finally what it should be.

April 2015
If you’ve read my column before, you are well aware that I’ve previously talked about the many options for using Melissa’s produce for your picnics.

June 2014
Every Sunday, I have a morning ritual of making pancakes - nothing fancy, but always well thought out when it comes to the final outcome.