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Healthy California will demonstrate recipes with canned food

Feb 06

Network for a Healthy California will demonstrate recipes made with canned fruit and vegetables in the Fresno area. The demonstrations are part of National Canned Food Month, designed to highlight healthy recipes for families on tight budgets.

Demonstrations are scheduled for: Read more →

Nothing says Super Bowl party like great guacamole

Jan 31

Are you ready for some guacamole?

With Super Bowl Sunday around the corner, party planners are preparing to indulge their guests in some great party food, including an all-time favorite: guacamole. Read more →

Valley restaurants shoot for Valentine's Day heart

Feb 06

With Valentine's Day coming up, some restaurants are playfully trying to get you in the mood for love by serving meals with ingredients that are aphrodisiacs.

The Yard House, the new restaurant in River Park, will offer a special menu that they describe colorfully: "Legend claims that truffles make women more yielding and men more amiable; ancient Egyptian priests abstained from onions because of their lusty reputation." Read more →

Eating Out: Dusty Buns Bistro Bus is back

Jan 31

The Dusty Buns Bistro Bus is back.

After a nearly two-month hiatus for the birth of the first baby bun, the couple behind the gourmet food truck will return to the Kaiser Permanente farmers market Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Read more →

Fanfare growing for Valley's farm-fresh beets

Jan 24

There's renewed interest in the earthy-tasting beet. These round, smooth bulbs are in demand, with everyone from white-table-cloth restaurants to fast-casual burger joints going beet crazy.

We aren't talking about the sliced, canned beet variety. Farm fresh beets are being roasted, drizzled in olive oil and sprinkled with Kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Read more →