Here’s a link about Fairtrade banana growers in Ecuador http://www.fairtrade.net/el_guabo_equador.html Note that the Noboa mentioned in the article is in a close race for the country’s presidency...

I found the “farmer” ingratiating, frankly; everything he tasted was “exquisite” or “perfect”, except for one dish involving chestnuts IIRC. I just didn’t feel he offered anything as a...

If you don’t mind traveling as far as San Diego County, then I strongly recommend Chino Farm in Rancho Santa Fe — an hour or so from OC — one of America's finest producers and a favorite of great cooks, home and...

They’re called Kyoho grapes. There’s a grower out of Temecula that comes to the UC Irvine and Santa Monica (Pico & Cloverfield one) farmer’s markets. They probably go to other FM’s, but that’s the two...

Well, since the Super Bowl is in America's Finest City this year, and the local growers just lost 5,000,000+ pounds of product, or are quarrantined due to the Mexican Fruit Fly, perhaps it is a good thing Chile is exporting :-)...

, alien looking cauliflower orange cauliflower jicama Italian heirloom eggplant $2.5 Red Ace beets $1.75 bunch Chioggia beets $1.75 bunch large chestnuts $3 a bag or 4 bags for $11 corn 4 for $1 pomegranates $2 ea Satsuma tangerines...

is it correct that Hawaii is no longer a major pineapple producer and that Thailand is the world’s #1 grower??

One detail that has not yet been addressed is that there are several different species of Chestnuts that grow in Europe, Asia and North America. Unfortunately, the American Chestnut has been virtually wiped out by the chestnut...

The shop in the south building carries lavender honey from Provence as well as French chestnut honey (my personal favourite). I think it was about $16 for a jar. I’m not sure if you’ll find any local lavender honey....

I got to listen today and recommend people tune in. The interview with the grower trying to restore chestnut trees was very nice. I hadn’t known the story about the devastation of chestnut trees in the US, but now I do. Hopefully...

Spurred on by this article: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12840743/porks_dirty_secret_the_nations_top_hog_producer_is_also_one_of_americas_worst_polluters/1 (not for the faint of stomach) Does anyone know where one...

It doesn’t get much more high end than this. The resto is located in the Metropolitan Hotel on Chestnut Street.

OK, here’s the situation — an old friend who is both a golf nut and a saucier at a Michelin two-star restaurant in the Loire Valley is taking his vacation in Myrtle to play some golf. First time he’s been in...

Don’t know what you consider close, but Snow White at 19th and Chestnut is worth trekking to for the shake. (Don’t let the look of the place (or the menu) discourage you.)

At least in this area, Sysco trucks deliver local produce to those that order it on the same routes as all the food from South America and beyond. I’m less familiar with the options that chefs have for local pork and beef,...