It's a trend you'll find at high end restaurants across the U.S.; chefs using fresh locally grown ingredients in their gourmet dishes. We meet an Alabama chef that has found going local a great way to create a menu with meaning. He's connecting farmers and food lovers one delicious dish at a time.
Do you love tomatoes enough to plant and grow them. If you want to be successful in growing them, so you can have them in your salad, then you need to read this article. As with any vegetable, there is certain care to take to make sure your vegetables are healthy. To grow organic tomatoes it takes more time and is more expensive....
Where did your food come from? A question that is becoming increasingly important to a large number of people. Thanks to the prominence of celebrity chefs on TV these days, many people are becoming more aware of what they are eating and more importantly, where it has come from....
After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend....
Tea (Camellia Sinensis) can be grown in many climates and at many altitudes, although the best yield will be in a tropical climate with wet summers and dry winters. It flourishes in warm and humid conditions with even temperatures and rainfall of about 125 mm annually. The secret to successful tea growing lies in the type of soil....
Coffee is grown in over 70 different countries around the world and is produced most intensively around the equator, where the conditions for growing coffee are most optimum....
Freezing, has become one of the best ways of preserving your excess fruit and vegetables. It is easy, it is quick and most importantly of all it is safe. This method of preservation preserves food closest to its original state by preserving flavour, texture and nutritional value. When thawed, it should be indistinguishable from its original state....
According to the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, the food we eat now travels between 1,500 and 3,000 miles from farm to our dinner plate. This average distance has increased by 25% between 1980 and 2001....
There are farmer's markets popping up all over the place lately and there is no wonder why; organic is in. Green is in and big processing agricultural farms are less trusted. Why? Perhaps, due to the salmonella scares or the e. Coli outbreaks we've had over the years in our food supply. Thus, people feel safer buying locally grown produce, that is grown without chemicals and pesticides or that isn't genetically modified....
Going green isn't just good for the environment; it's good for your body. Natural, organic, free range-these are all terms you need to understand if you are to feed your body the nutrients it needs to perform and look its best. This fall, go eco crazy-learn the lingo, shop local, eat in season and dine in your garden with these great tips!...
This is the most important of all the Australia wine regions. Some of the regions where wine is grown include the Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, limestone coast, upper Murray and Fleurieu peninsula....