Steady now, pace yourself. Ten minutes into the 2015 Tennessee Valley Fair Exhibitors Catalog, conveniently displayed online, and I’m all over the place. I wanna do the pickled hot peppers, …
Purple Bounty: Bring on the Eggplant!
Who knew a trio of Black Beauty eggplants would bring on such a flurry of self-evaluation? I’m good at resisting the “You’re Okay, I’m Not Okay” self-speak, so I wasn’t …
United Grocery Outlet: Revisiting an Old (and Updated) Favorite
I am looking at a shiny refrigerator at the United Grocery Outlet that grandly reopened at 4225 Chapman Highway two weeks ago. It’s stuffed with fresh deals like 5 pounds of …
Grow More, Give More Program Repurposes Your Extra Produce
They call it gleaning. And while it has nothing to do with aliens or polished gems or anything like that, it’s almost as cool: to gather grain or other material …
Mystery Ingredient: Why Are Certain Foods So Suspiciously Addictive?
Sort of amusing, isn’t it, when people get all worried about yeast in the Taco Bell beef filling.* I mean, when you only have $1.79 in change at the end …