Fruits And Vegetables Blogs & Blog Posts
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Latest Blog Posts on fruits and vegetables
- Smoke signals by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Nov 16, 2009
A lot has changed since I was a kid. Today, apparently, it’s a tragic embarrassment to have your mom call across the street that it’s time to come in from playing street hockey to eat your dinner. I’ve been instructed to text my son that his di...
- Garlic: it’s not too late to plant by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Nov 13, 2009
Yesterday I had a nice chat with Warren Ham, the farmer who runs August’s Harvest garlic farm in Stratford, Ontario and guess what he said? It’s not too late to plant some garlic so that you have a home harvest next year. In fact, even if...
- Germ patrol by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Nov 2, 2009
Have you noticed all the ‘green’ fruit and vegetable washes in the produce department lately? It seems that many companies are hoping to capitalize on our fears about H1N1 and food contamination. But do we really need to buy these products? I as...
- Canada’s farms not suited to 100 mile diet? by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 30, 2009
It’s harvest time in Ontario – a time of bounty and plenty for lovers of local food. But where Canadian agriculture is concerned, it’s not all about buying local and the 100-mile diet, even though everyone seems to be getting in on that...
- My torrid affair with Swiss chard by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Oct 15, 2009
It’s quite possible that 2009 has been the year of Swiss chard at our house. We didn’t have a big build up to it or anything and we didn’t even know it was happening until the summer was almost over; but, now that we’re in ful...
- Give thanks for Brussels sprouts by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Oct 9, 2009
Raise your hand if you don’t like Brussels sprouts. Okay, now put your hand down so that you don’t reflexively hit me when I tell you that you can like this cruciferous veggie. In fact, you can make it this weekend for Thanksgiving dinner and get...
- Caramelizing fennel by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Oct 2, 2009
You know you’re a spoiled, urban eater when you’re just sick to death of eating fennel in all the usual ways. Shaved with oranges in a walnut vinaigrette – ho hum. Braised with cumin seed – yawn. So, what’s left when you get to this point?
