Potatoes News

There's some fancy food being served in the stadium during this year's College World Series.

Sure the Montana State Fair has the rodeo, concerts and a Ferris wheel, but really the best part of any fair is the food.

One-pot meals make me feel like I've expedited the dinner process, giving me more time at the dinner table than in the kitchen preparing the meal.

Fresh white spuds aren't allowed in a government supplemental nutrition program for women and children because, unlike other fruits and vegetables, potatoes aren't lacking in the typical diet.

A battle between grocers and potato growers has been silently hitting shoppers' pocketbooks, according to a U.S. wholesaler accusing America's spud farmers of driving up prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.

Clara probably eventually settled in the Cincinnati area. If you can help connect us with her family, email Bryn at bryn @writes4food.com .

They started a business to generate income to support their families. Over time, they discovered an untapped market for planting material.

"Our main thing is po' boy sandwiches, which is pretty much a sub that originated in New Orleans.

Johnny Depp has developed a strong friendship with Damien Echols ever since the West Memphis Three member was released from prison.

Picture it: Minneapolis, 2009. Food trucks saturated the streets of most major cities, but local municipal codes and a lack of regulation for street-cart vendors meant they were just barely "a thing" in the Twin Cities.

On Monday we told you about allegations that America's potato growers had banded together in a price-fixing Potato Cartel .

Phelps doesn't plant just a few vegetables, melons or berries, he plants just about everything under the sun - pumpkins, strawberries, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, sugar snap peas, carrots, eggplant, beets, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, squash, green beans, okra, watermelons, black-eyed peas, seven varieties of peppers and some 500 tomato plants.

Some favorite flowers and prized plants can be four-legged friends' worst enemies.

"With Chick-a-Biddy, we wanted to give people a fast and friendly dining option with a fun atmosphere where they could get a healthy and affordable meal," he added.

Antigo's rich railroading and agricultural history blend in a new exhibit, 'The Fictional Refrigerator Cars of Langlade County,' that will be unveiled Wednesday at the Historical Society Museum.

Sound like the makings of a Hollywood thriller? These are actually among the allegations being thrown about in a federal court case against America's alleged "Potato Cartel."

Sweet potato fries are a fun, sweet alternative to standard French fries. These tubers are also slightly more nutritious than their more ordinary counterparts.

But three Canadian chefs - Richard Julien of Halifax, Calgary-based Michael Allemeier and Devan Rajkumar of Toronto - were tasked to create easy and flavourful dishes for grilling using cream by the Dairy Farmers of Canada, along with Alberta Milk, Sask Milk and the Dairy Farmers of Manitoba.

Almost all Fourth of July celebrations involve the grill. And you can almost bet your life on the fact that hamburgers and hotdogs will be on the menu.

Ingredients: six medium sweet potatoes, two tablespoons olive oil, one small bunch of finely chopped spring onion, two medium cloves garlic, four ears of fresh corn, kernels sliced from cob or two cups frozen corn, 250g of fresh spinach leaves.