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The last 15 years have seen the arrival or rediscovery of such ‘designer’ flours as mesquite flour, rice flour, amaranth flour, even chickpea flour, each lending a unique flavor to a particular type of ethnic cuisine. These flours, especially the…

The Cotton Bowl is over, the winners declared. But in Arizona, where cotton is once again king, the real Super Boll is the cotton plant. Boll refers to the round ball of cotton that develops at the end of the…

When I say “cotton”, most of you will think of blue jeans. Ubiquitous, comfortable, sturdy but sexy, these garments have remained true to their 18th century origins – all cotton, all blue, all the time.   The name of the…

Did you know? Broccoli, that intensely green vegetable with florets like little trees, is basically a man-made vegetable. Plant scientists and breeders developed broccoli by intensive breeding and crossbreeding of cabbage and other cruciferous crops. Photo: tashka2000 / Bigstock A…

Beating Back the Bulges Are you one of the more than nine million Americans (and 1.8 million Arizonians) who have vowed to lose weight in 2015? You should know that you are in good company. From a list of the…

Arizona’s food trend for 2015 appears green! Here workers harvest lettuce in Yuma, Arizona, where 90 percent of the US’s winter lettuce crop is grown. Following a trend that has been developing all across the nation for the past few…

Follow these tips if you are looking to get more protein in your diet (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) Protein is essential to good health because it is involved in every critical function within your body. On average, American adults should be…

Check out these delicious recipes using Arizona grown leafy greens (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) November is the month of gratitude and if there is one thing we have to be grateful for here in Arizona it is the abundance of locally…

Check out these delicious recipes on ways to prepare kale (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) If there is one thing that is “hot” in the world of leafy greens right now, it is kale. This dark leafy green vegetable has been rapidly…

Find out how ingredients matter drink your snack attack (photo credit:BigStockPhoto.com) People all around the world love to snack which is apparent when looking at the results of Nielsen’s Global Survey of Snacking.   This $374 billion industry just keeps growing…

If you’re looking for fun ways to fix figs, check out these delicious recipes (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) There is nothing quite like the sweet taste and chewy texture of fresh figs. As the fruit of the Ficus tree, figs come…

You can help to manage your cholesterol levels by eating these simple foods (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) If you are looking for ways to lower your cholesterol, you may want to start by looking at what you eat. You may be…

Find out why breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. (photo credit: BigStockPhoto.com) It shouldn’t be news that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and yet many of us are still skipping breakfast.  So…