NEWS: Carrots, The New Junk Food

As the saying goes, if you can’t lick ‘em, join ‘em. If your kids want junk food instead of vegetables, give them vegetables packaged like junk food. And proclaim that those veggies are, in fact, junk food. That’s what the 50-odd carrot growers behind BabyCarrots.com have done. In what is perhaps the best food campaign…
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PRODUCT: Black Garlic

Black garlic. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THE NIBBLE. Black garlic was was developed about 10 years ago by a company in Korea, and has been available to American chefs for about two years. But until recently, it hasn’t been easy for consumers to find it. Now it’s popping up at specialty food stores and…
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CONTEST: Puff Pastry Recipes

As food writers, we spend most of the day tasting and reviewing products. We do a lot of cooking and baking and explore new ways to use ingredients. Recently, we joined the Pepperidge Farm Recipe Challenge that invites bloggers to test their creativity with puff pastry. The challenge is not only to create an original…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Grilled Bread

Enjoy grilled bread plain or as bruschetta. Photo courtesy California Asparagus Commission. Almost everyone toasts burger and hot dog buns on the grill, but how about regular bread? You can toast any bread on the grill (it will rejuvenate bread that is no longer fresh, too). Grilled bread has a lovely smoky flavor and great…
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