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Produce Expert
Dan Avakian
Hi I’m Dan the Produce Man. M y approach here is to promote the enjoyment of fresh fruits and vegetables first, and the nutritional value second. If I can sell you on the enjoyment, then nutrition will naturally follow. |
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What's New in
the Market?
The idea here is to share with you what’s good, not what’s cheap. Sometimes the price may be right, but the quality is wrong. The best deal is getting good quality fresh produce every time.
Here's how to pick strawberries, tangerines mandarins, cauliflower, spring onions and spring garlic, artichokes, and asparagus,
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Asparagus:
The Spears of Spring
The tasty spear of spring, asparagus has been cultivated and savored by numerous cultures for thousands of years. Its culinary and medicinal uses are evident in ancient Egypt; it was thought of as an aphrodisiac in Arabic culture and in France; Thomas Jefferson even got in on the act, mentioning the vegetable in his experimental gardening book in 1775. As far back as the first century BC, the Romans developed a method of freezing fresh asparagus to enjoy in the off-season. They loaded up chariots in the fields and then, as fast as they could, they raced it to the snowline of the Alps where the ATF (Asparagus Task Force, in case you were wondering) would stuff it in the snow… and there it would stay for six months 'til the Feast of Epicures. |
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Promising Papaya
Papaya is a sweet, aromatic tropical fruit that not only pleases the palate, but also packs a load of benefits to the human condition. That’s right, if our bodies are working well, then our minds work well, which makes our bodies work well… and on it goes like an M.C. Escher drawing. |
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Did you Know?
April 19, 2006 is National Garlic Day. The Roman historian Pliny was so impressed by garlic and its perceived powers that he listed 61 medicinal uses for the pungent bulb, including its ability to ward off vampires, restore hair and prevent warts.
Read about Dan Avakian.
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