TIP OF THE DAY: Heritage Chicken

[1] A Red Ranger chicken, a heritage cross created by Root Down Farm. Get yours from Good Eggs (photo © Good Eggs). [2] The Red Ranger chicken, ready to eat (photo © Good Eggs). [3] The Brahma breed of heritage chicken. Here’s more about it (photo © The Livestock Conservancy). [4] The Campine breed of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Truffle Cheese, Truffle Honey & National Truffle Day

[1] One of our favorite truffle cheeses: Truffle Tremor from California’s Cypress Grove. [2] Truffle honey available from Gourmet Attitude. [3] Alba white truffle—the most expensive in the world at more than $2,000 a pound (photo courtesy Stefania Spadoni | Archivio Ente Turismo Alba Bra Langhe Roero). [4] Summer black truffles are typically used in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Try A Feijoa

Feijoa, a native of South America now grown in other subtropical climates (photo courtesy Baldor Specialty Foods).   The feijoa (FEE-joe-ah)is an egg-shaped fruit with a thin, lime-green skin. The fruit originated in the highlands of southern Brazil, parts of Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay and northern Argentina. Today it is grown around the world in semi-tropical…
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