Jul
21
2008
Just when you though it was safe to go back in the water…
Oh, wait. That’s another story entirely!
But fans of fresh tomatoes can now rejoice as the U.S. government declared late last week that tomatoes are back on the market.
That being said, an APB is still out on hot peppers, including fresh jalapenos and serranos, [...]
Jun
23
2008
The tomato investigation that I talked about last week is ongoing. In the meantime, one of the owners of Farm Fresh To You, which delivers delicious produce to my doorstep every week, put some perspective on the whole tomato harvesting issue.
Red round tomatoes are harvested when they’re still hard and green. They are harvested by hand [...]
Jun
17
2008
Last week, the nation was hit with a tomato recall, which is ironic, since just yesterday I was waxing poetic about red produce.
It seems that a bad crop of tomatoes has sickened at least 167 people with salmonella poisoning with reported cases from April 16 through May 26.
Both the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and [...]