When springtime arrives, it’s time to celebrate the beloved boysenberry at Knott’s Berry Farm. If you’re not familiar with boysenberries, you need to try some right now. These berries are a cross between raspberries, blackberries, and loganberries. They’re known for being large, sweet, and delicious, with just the perfect amount of tart. Boysenberry History First, […]
Mini Rhubarb Kuchens
Did you ever have that moment as a kid, when you suddenly realize that a food that you assume everyone eats is something that is particular to your family? I had that moment with rhubarb kuchens. As I recall, I was with friends talking about our favorite desserts that we would choose for our birthdays, […]
Spinach Mint Pancakes
Green food coloring for St. Patrick’s Day? Why would you need to, when you can make these spinach mint pancakes? especially when so many other delicious foods are already green. Truthfully, we’ve already gone the naturally green frosting and naturally green cake route, so pancakes shouldn’t be that much of a stretch. When we first […]
Deviled Potatoes Recipe
Why have plain potatoes when you can have devilishly delicious deviled potatoes? Yes, deviled potatoes – as in, similar to deviled eggs. But these are made with your favorite potatoes that are about the size and shape of an egg. (We used Dutch yellow potatoes.) Then we basically turned them into twice-baked potatoes with […]
Fear No Fruit
Are you in the late winter fruit doldrums right now? By the end of winter we’re usually daydreaming about those long summer days with endless peaches, watermelon, blueberries…But there’s lots of great fruit out there to eat right now, it’s just that you might not immediately recognize it. Sometimes you just have to break out […]
Desert Farming: Citrus, Dates, and Peppers
If it’s the dead of winter, where are you going to get your fresh fruits and vegetables? In many cases, you can thank desert farming. Throughout the low desert of California’s Imperial and Coachella Valleys, the crops flourish in wintertime. Farming in the Coachella Valley To many people, the Coachella Valley conjures an image of […]
Real Food: Winter Salad Bowl
What’s in your salad bowl? Where do the country’s families, grocery stores, restaurants, and food services get their leafy greens in the dead of winter? And where do those warm and dry regions get their water to grow those crops? We got the answers to those questions and more last week while on a farm […]
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