Savory meat will be sizzling on the grill later this week in St. Louis. The current class of Agricultural Leadership of Tommorrow, about 40 individuals, are inviting St. Louis AgriBusiness Club members to a barbecue social at Warren Stemme Farm. ALOT Alumni, the St. Louis County Farm Bureau Board and local legislators are also invited. WHEN: Friday, June 8 , …
Listen To Food Podcast Slowly
Here’s a podcast you might want to add to your iTunes/iPod about food. It’s the Whole Foods Market Podcast. They’re “Exploring the world of natural and organic foods…one podcast at a time.” I haven’t listened to this episode yet but it sounds worthwhile. I like the idea of slowing down, especially when it comes to food. In any event, here’s …
June Marks Season for Farmers Markets
A cooking demonstration, live entertainment and a raffle for various prizes will kick off the summer Farmers Market season. The openning of the 12th season of the USDA Farmers Market will also feature a booth offering nutritional information and food suggestions from the USDA for the home. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner will officiate the openning Friday, June 1 …
5 Pork Producers Named to National Pork Board
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced five new appointees for the 15-member National Pork Board Wednesday. The new members will serve three-year terms on the board. Johanns said the appointees were chosen from among 8 nominees. “I am pleased that these individuals have agreed to provide their time and expertise,” said Johanns. The five were chosen from among eight pork …
Chinese Barbeque Tools
I get a lot of requests like this that I take a pass on but this one involves one of my favorite activities so I thought you might be interested too. This is from Dalen, the sales manager for H.X.I. MANUFACTURING CO., LTD, YANGJIANG, GUANGDONG, CHINA. I’ve heard that it’s grilling season. I say it’s always grilling season! We are …
Consumers Love Beef Tender
Would you pay $345.95 for four 12 oz. strip steaks – raw steaks, mind you, not cooked. That’s the price on-line for “Kobe-style” strip steaks, as marketed by Allen Brothers – a company some Rush Limbaugh listeners might recognize. That compares to $159.95 for the same quantity of U.S. Prime, dry-aged strip steaks – or just $104.95 for U.S. Prime, …
Sensory Panel Testing
Individual booths, red lights to mask colors, positive pressure ventilation to keep out unwanted smells and pass-through sample presentation doors – that’s the environment where trained sensory panelists do their work at the ISU Sensory Evaluation Unit. So, basically this is what you see, sitting in your little booth, waiting for samples to come through the little door. You cleanse …
May is Beef Month
We can’t forget that May is Beef Month and here in Missouri our governor, Matt Blunt, made a proclamation at the state capitol. Missouri beef cattle industry representatives presented Governor Matt Blunt with the Healthy Beef Cookbook in honor of May Beef Month. Left to right: Governor Blunt, Missouri Cattlemen’s Association president Merrel Breyer, producer Jimmy Long and son Jack, …
Pork Taste of Elegance Winner Again
Let’s go from chicken to pork now. Here’s Joseph Royer who just won the 2007 Taste of Elegance contest sponsored by the Pork Checkoff. Joseph Royer, executive chef at the Saturn Grill in Oklahoma City, won top honors in the 18th annual national Taste of Elegance contest May 7 in San Diego, Calif. The competition, sponsored by the Pork Checkoff, …
47th National Chicken Cooking Contest is Inspiring
Birmingham, AL was the place to be for the 47th National Chicken Cooking Contest. A “spectacular” dish combining boneless chicken breasts with jasmine rice, shredded coconut and a crunchy Thai-style slaw took first place and the grand prize of $100,000 in the 47th National Chicken Cooking Contest here Friday. Michelle Anderson, a training analyst from Eagle, Idaho, created the dish …