LANCASTER FARM FRESH COOPERATIVE – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Since the day a produce manager for Whole Foods Market in New York City tasted his first bite of organic asparagus from Pennsylvania, he was determined to get the product into his store. He traced the asparagus back to a small Amish family farm in Lancaster County [...]
Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative
Posted July 27th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
It’s Hot. Win Iced Tea.
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
Yep, it’s late July and hot as heck just about everywhere. Doesn’t it sound perfect to cool down with some ice-cold tea? We know! That’s why we’ve just introduced our new line of 365 Everyday Value Organic ready-to-drink teas. Now these aren’t just your run-of-the-mill ordinary bottled teas. These new teas are organic and Whole [...]
Jeff Cox: Preventing Skewer Twirl (with Grilled Fish Kebabs recipe)
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Admin. Comments (2).
From JEFF COX Preventing Skewer Twirl Skewers are a fun and fast way to grill all kinds of food, but unless you spear each chunk of food exactly in the place where its weight is equal in all directions (unlikely), it can have a tendency to twirl on the skewer. This means uneven cooking—the heavy [...]
Heirloom Tomato Recipe Could Win Big
Posted July 26th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
This week’s star is that late summer favorite: heirloom tomatoes. It’s the final week of our collaborative 8-Week Recipe Contest with food52, an online community for home cooks. If you have a great recipe starring fresh heirloom tomatoes, go to the food52 contest page to submit your recipe for a chance to win a 0 [...]
Go Sprouted
Posted July 25th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
My friend Kay is always coming up with facts and ideas that few of us would ever think of. For example, on July 7th she sent an email informing me that on that very day back in 1928, the Chillocothe Baking Company proudly announced “the greatest step forward in the baking industry since bread was [...]
Contest for Small Bites
Posted July 24th, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
You could win a gift card for a 50¢ idea! Are you a fan of The Whole Deal in-store value guide? If so, here’s a sneak at what’s inside the special December issue we’re putting together. It will focus around giving, entertaining and shopping on a budget and feature recipes for amazing “small bites” party [...]
What is Lump Charcoal and Why Use It?
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (1).
From THE LUMP CHARCOAL DATABASE What is charcoal? In general, wood charcoal is a substance obtained by partial burning or destructive distillation of wood. It is largely pure carbon. Wood charcoal is prepared by heating wood in the absence of oxygen. In this process volatile compounds in the wood (e.g., water, hydrogen, methane and tars) [...]
We’re More Than Food: Chicago
Posted July 23rd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
When relocating our long-revered Lincoln Park store in Chicago down the street to its new Kingsbury Street location, we made a conscious effort to create an environment that pays homage to the surrounding neighborhood and to the city of Chicago itself. In the process, we gained a talented new Team Member, a one-of-a-kind work of [...]
Cookbook Review: Baking With Whole Grain Flours
Posted July 22nd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (1).
From CULINATE This book makes the most of little-used grains I thought I knew chocolate-chip cookies. And then I made Kim Boyce’s, from her book Good to the Grain: Baking With Whole-Grain Flours. Her chocolate-chip cookies, made completely with whole-wheat flour, lack nuts. Sacrilege! But the cookies — and the book — are a revelation. [...]
Summertime Fun in Stores
Posted July 22nd, 2010 by Admin. Comment (0).
In the grocery business, the summer months can be slower than at other times of the year. After all, the summer is an excellent time to go on vacation, spend your afternoons at the beach and grill dinner in your backyard. We feel that way too! That’s why at my store, as well as at [...]