January 10, 2020 | Randol White
The Sacramento market has grown dramatically since it first started in 2013. But recently, another aspect of the market also grew: the price farmers pay to sell there.
December 3, 2019
It’s the time of the year when many people have an abundance of persimmons. But, did you know there are over one thousand possible ways you could use them? In this encore conversation with Jean Brine, the wonders of persimmons are explored in depth.
December 2, 2019
Sacramento has lost a beloved member of its restaurant community, Lina Fat. She spent years as an essential part of Frank Fat’s, which celebrated its 80th anniversary last summer. In a recent interview, Lina Fat shared her thoughts on this history.
December 2, 2019
In this installment of Kushman by the Bottle, Rick Kushman provides an update on the vintage and impact of recent fires. With some devastation at wineries, what will visitors find for the holiday season, which is key for Sonoma County’s economy?
November 25, 2019
Lina Fat served as master chef and later the Fat Family Restaurant Group's vice president of culinary research and development. She helped expand the restaurant business outside Frank Fat's in downtown Sacramento.
November 22, 2019
U.S. health officials on Friday told people to avoid romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, because of another food poisoning outbreak.
November 12, 2019 | Scott Rodd
Riverside County is the first in California to allow amateur chefs to welcome diners into their homes or offer take-out foods.
November 9, 2019
Roughly 1.6 million Californians are not getting help from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as CalFresh, even though they are eligible.
October 1, 2019
The new podcast, Unfold looks at how food waste and food loss contribute to the challenges of feeding a growing global population.
September 27, 2019 | Rich Ibarra
Growers are using such techniques as flying drones over orchards and fields, satellites to measure their crops, and collars for dairy cows to monitor their nutritional needs.
Food and Sustainability NEWSJanuary 19, 2020
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bon Appétit's Alex Delany about exciting new drinks for Dry January.
January 18, 2020
We ask the author of Nothing Fancy and Dining In three questions about financial fraud.
January 18, 2020
Meals on Wheels usually means home delivery or lunch at a senior center. But at a new project in Vancouver, Wash., it's a retro-hip neighborhood diner where seniors can get eggs, coffee and community.
January 16, 2020
Video shows the cake winding along festival grounds in Thrissur as rickshaws pass by. The length is being assessed by Guinness World Records. A 2-mile-long fruitcake is the cake to beat.
January 13, 2020
The question: Name Popeye's favorite food? Eve Dubois' answer: chicken. Oops, no not that Popeyes. The correct answer was spinach, as in Popeye the Sailor Man.
