Colorado’s cantaloupe crop is expected to be significantly smaller this year in the wake of a listeria outbreak that killed 13 people last year. The Rocky Ford Growers Association said Thursday that only 30 percent of the fields have been planted this year. …
The rise of Cuties heralds the arrival of big-money marketing in a tradition-steeped corner of American industry. Techniques once reserved for promoting consumer products have now made their way into the produce section. Just as people have long asked for a "Kleenex" instead of a tissue, they are starting to ask for "Cuties" when they mean mandarins. …
If Halloumi was single and it had an online dating profile, it would probably say, "Hi, I'm a cheese from Cyprus. My friends describe me as salty, crispy, chewy, and squeaky." And it'd be true: Halloumi is all of those delightful things, which is lucky because it isn't exactly pretty.
According to owner Del Burkholder, the farm near Wauseon is the only one in northwest Ohio to make goat cheese from its own goats. And it is one of only four or five in the whole state to do so. The creamery will have its official grand opening at noon July 17, though it has been in business since March.
Made in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy, Fiacco di Capra springs from the same tradition as Stracchino, a semisoft cow's-milk square with a long history in the region. In the case of Stracchino, the name harks back to the old ritual of transhumance, the seasonal movement of livestock up and down the mountain to take advantage of pasture. …
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