The Produce Report
By Moceri Produce
7/26 – 7/31
Berries: Strawberry production is down from lack of sunshine. The market has been slow to react but you can expect higher prices next week. California raspberries and blueberries are in the same predicament. Fortunately, berries rebound fairly quickly, so with a week or two of sunshine this market [...]

The Specialties Report
7/26 – 7/31
Specialty Veggies- Green Asparagus is super expensive still due to weather issues in all the current growing regions. Try white asparagus as a money saver and it has a slightly more exotic flair to it than the green asparagus.
Specialty beans and squashes are priced well but mixed heirlooms have been limited [...]

Summer is  here, get your grill ready! These are some quick and easy recipes for summer grilling.
Grilled Chicken Breast with Kiwi Vinaigrette
3 to 4 – Kiwi fruit,peeled and halved
1/4 cup – Red wine vinegar
2 tbls. – Honey
1/4 tsp. – Salt
1/8 tsp. – White pepper
1/3 to 1/2 cup – Soybean or vegetable oil
1 1/2 lbs. – [...]

Since I wrote a blog on “Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency” I have gotten a good response, so I decided to take it to the next level.
With help from my friends at Chefs de Cuisine of San Diego.
Survival Shopping List and Menus

Surviving a disaster requires a way to keep eating. Families that are stranded [...]

These four day menus are to be used with my other post: “Survival Shopping List and Menus“
Survival Menus for the next disaster
DAY 1
Breakfast: Cereal with Soy Milk
Lunch: Tuna Casserole: 2 pouches Tuna, Penne pasta, 2 cans Cream of Mushroom soup,
Dinner: Red Beans and Rice with Sausage,
Red Beans, Rice, Chili sauce, 1 can Vienna sausage, 1 [...]

MARKET REPORT 7/13/10
From Moceri Produce:
It seems that summer doesn’t really want to get started this year as the entire west coast continues to wallow in May/gray, June/gloom, or July/whatever. The lack of our normal summer temperatures has been delaying and/or stalling a lot of crops we have been waiting for. It looks like we [...]

The Specialties Report
By Moceri Produce:
Specialty Veggies- Heirloom Tomatoes are riding the wave back to the bottom while many other tomatoes are on the rise. As the summer actually begins we will be seeing local production take off.
Seasonal Items- Tamarillos both Red and Gold are available now. These unique fruits, originally from Central and South America, [...]

The 2010 San Diego County Fair is over! What an event! This was the largest culinary event in the nation and I was involved in the 22 days of competitions and cooking demonstrations, including an ACF sanctioned competition and a military competition using Spam.

I did cooking demonstrations on Sausages and one on Sea [...]