New Plants Featured At Louisiana Plant Materials Conference

December 9, 2014 Rick Bogren, LSU AgCenter

New plants are heading for the marketplace to grace home gardens and commercial landscapes. Landscape and nursery professionals heard from representatives of plant development and marketing companies at the Louisiana Plant Materials Conference on Dec. 3 at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.

Pantone Reveals Color Of The Year For 2015: Pantone 18-1438 Marsala

December 9, 2014 Pantone

Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global color authority, announced PANTONE® 18-1438 Marsala, a naturally robust and earthy wine red, as the Color of the Year for 2015.

Italian Delicacies Conquer The World Cheese Awards

December 9, 2014 La Casearia Carpenedo

The recent World Cheese Awards in London brought great success for Italian artisanal cheeses. Among the over 3,000 producers who submitted their products to this, the largest cheese competition in the world, La Casearia Carpenedo stands out. These Italian artisans of excellent cheeses, based in the Veneto, took home to the North of Italy three silver medals and one bronze.

From Quebec, A Classic English Clothbound Cheddar Is 'Best In Show'

Although only in cheese infancy, Taliah – a clothbound sheep’s-milk cheddar from Quebec – already has a great deal of buzz. I recently received an e-mail with the subject line “Blindingly Good Cheese” from a colleague asking if I had tried this amazing new fromage. Then I heard that Toronto’s Nancy Peppler of Nancy’s Cheese (a specialty cheese shop) calls it a “best in show” kind of product.

Kontos Foods Introduces Grilled Cocktail Flatbreads

December 9, 2014 Kontos Foods

Kontos Foods, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of traditional Greek and Mediterranean foods, today announced the launch of grilled Cocktail Flatbreads for the holiday season. The soft, flexible, two-inch pita disks are ideal for creating holiday appetizers and hors d’oeuvres, such as hamburger sliders, bite-sized smoked salmon and avocado samplers, chicken salad with sliced cherry tomatoes, pizza samplers and more. The Cocktail Flatbreads, which have the same delicious flavor and texture as Kontos Foods’ larger flatbreads, can also be used for cheese spreads, dips and bruschetta.