Topic: produce

Finally: USDA Study Calculates True Cost Of Healthy Eating (Guess What? It’s Cheaper)

Finally: USDA Study Calculates True Cost Of Healthy Eating (Guess What? It's Cheaper)

In a new study calculating the true cost of healthy foods compared with packaged and processed goods, whole, fresh foods emerged as the best way to keep grocery costs down. By “true cost,” I’m not talking about including long-term expenses associated with eating poorly. Nope: On a pure serving by serving basis, foods like carrots, onions, beans, potatoes, and lettuce cost less than soda, candy, French fries, chicken patties and Uncle Ben’s. More »

Spring Table: A Guide To What’s In Season Now

Spring Table: A Guide To What's In Season Now

We’ll be sharing spring recipes—from new cookbooks, food bloggers and our own kitchens—here soon. But before we do, let’s take a look at what’s in season now around the country (so we can bring the freshest ingredients to our spring tables). Early spring sees asparagus, spinach, lettuce, and radishes in most parts of the United States. In warmer states, berries, snap peas, cherries and grapefruit are growing. More »

Franken-fruits And Super Broccoli: Are We In For A Future Of Designer Produce?

Franken-fruits And Super Broccoli: Are We In For A Future Of Designer Produce?

‘Witches Fingers’ grapes may sound scary, but what about other types of cross-bred, designer produce? Sure, some of it—cotton candy grapes, anyone?—seems straight out of Willy Wonka. But other designer fruits and veggies—like super broccoli, selenium-enriched tomatoes and vitamin-D enhanced mushrooms—have been engineered to contain more nutrients than typical varieties. That’s a good thing … right? More »

Bogus Food Scare: Bacteria In Sliced Onions

Bogus Food Scare: Bacteria In Sliced Onions

This week, I received an email from my mother, the gist of which was more or less ONIONS WILL KILL YOU. My mom’s not typically a junk email forwarder, unless she thinks its news my sister and I need to know to stay safe, so I guess this fell in that category—my mother was only trying to save us from the evils of toxic onions, bless her heart. You probably have someone like this in your life—a relative, a co-worker, a random conspiracy theorist you vaguely knew in college—and normally the warnings are so absurd as to not be worth commenting upon. But something about this one struck me as particularly interesting and hilarious. More »

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