The Kid-Friendly Cherry Recipe Contest came to a head on Saturday, July 23rd, where the three finalist recipes created by bloggers were pitted against each other in a cherry battle. The judges? Hungry kids attending the Whole Foods Market Kids Club at the Lamar store in Austin. The recipes? These three delicious kid-friendly recipes with [...]
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Three Cheers for These Winning Cherry Recipes
Rainier: THE Best Cherry
Summertime means fresh cherries! As we celebrate Cherry Fest here at Whole Foods Market, we checked in with our friends at Rainier Fruit Company to get the story behind this seasonal treat. While Rainier provides us with many of the fantastic cherries we sell, one of the favorite varieties is the Rainier cherry. Known for [...]
Rainer: THE Best Cherry
Summertime means fresh cherries! As we celebrate Cherry Fest here at Whole Foods Market, we checked in with our friends at Rainer Fruit Company to get the story behind this seasonal treat. While Rainer provides us with many of the fantastic cherries we sell, one of the favorite varieties is the Rainer cherry. Known for [...]
Cherry Fest: The Sweet Taste of Summer
Plump, sweet and juicy, there’s so much to love about cherries! Cherry Fest is our way of celebrating all things cherry, so our stores will have plenty of cherries for all of your cherry needs. Summer is the best time to buy cherries because that’s when they’re at their seasonal best so you’re sure to [...]
Win our Cherry Fest Basket
People often use the catchphrase “Life is just a bowl of cherries” to mean that life is going well, but we don’t want to stop at just a bowl; we want to bring you a big basket full of cherry goodness! A yummy cherry pie—especially one spotted cooling on a windowsill—has come to signal summer [...]
Cherry Tomatoes Start the Season
It might be hard to tell since they are around all year, but tomatoes actually have a season when they are at their best. Since they are warm weather plants, you may think that summer in general is the time when they are the most abundant and flavorful. The fact is, though, that field tomatoes [...]
Organic Recipe for Kids: Trick or Treat, Lost a Tooth, Gimme Something Good to Eat — Cherry Sorbet
From LISA BARNES My son lost a tooth on Halloween. No, it wasn’t a crazy caramel or a hard candy that did the trick. It was me. His tooth was loose for a few weeks and finally Halloween morning he said “It’s just hanging, can you get it out?” I pulled and there was thankfully [...]
Peak Pick: Cherry Tomatoes
In July, the domestic tomato season really starts to take off. While the southern states have been producing for some time, local growers throughout the country start to see the first blush of color on the vine. This is an exciting time for tomato enthusiasts everywhere — the long winter and spring of flat-flavored, off-season [...]
Is Cherry Country Calling You?
Heads up, folks. If you haven’t yet entered our contest to win a trip to Cherry Country (otherwise known at the Pacific Northwest), time is running out! You have until July 14th to enter this great trip giveaway. Here’s the scoop. Whole Foods Market is partnering with Intrepid Travel® to offer a chance to win [...]
Food Blogger Cherry Favorites
If you haven’t figured it out yet, we are all about cherries these days. While we have lots of great recipes of our own for serving up delicious cherries, we know we don’t have a monopoly on great ways to serve up these seasonal delights. So, we reached out to some of our blogger friends [...]