Posts Tagged ‘strawberries’

The Call of the Fresh Oregon Berry

The Call of the Fresh Oregon Berry

Berry picking is something I’ve been doing since I moved to Oregon. There is something very special about the berries here. Like the grapes for pinot noir, berries like the weather here during the summer months – once it kicks in! Cool nights and hot days. Generally the strawberries come into their full sweetness in [...]

Getting Berry Creative (video)

Getting Berry Creative (video)

Jack Campbell, AKA Chef Jacques, demonstrates how to use fresh berries to make special sauces to enhance a variety of dishes.

Making Small Batch Strawberry Jam (video)

Making Small Batch Strawberry Jam (video)

A cooking demonstration to make small batch jam using fresh strawberries, sugar, and other simple ingredients. Marge Braker is a retired home economics teacher.

California Approves Use of Pesticide Linked to Cancer

California Approves Use of Pesticide Linked to Cancer

December 02, 2010 It’s a good news/bad news scenario: California regulators have replaced methyl bromide with methyl iodide to be used as a fumigant in agriculture. The good news is that it takes methyl bromide off the list of choices due to its known ability to deplete the stratospheric ozone layer. The bad news is [...]

Small Batch Fresh Strawberry Jam

Small Batch Fresh Strawberry Jam

From the episode: Preserving Food And Friendship