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HALLOWEEN RECIPE: WATERMELON GRAPEFRUIT SHOOTERS

Earlier this month, in my “Halloween Series” of recipe entries (if two entries can be considered a “series”), I showed you how to make watermelon fangs. Today’s recipe is a little more adult oriented. How are watermelon grapefruit shooters related to Halloween? I was afraid you’d ask that. I’m not … [Read more...]

ASK THE EXPERTS: WHICH FRIDGE SHOULD I USE?

Hey Chef Harry! We’ve just had a BBQ and we’ve got loads of watermelon left! We were wondering, which of our fridges would be best to store the watermelon in? We have a black fridge we bought in 2006 and a more recent silver fridge, bought in 2009. The watermelon is cut into cubes and in a … [Read more...]

FEATURED PHOTO: MY LEAST FAVORITE WATERMELON PICTURE

The above image has haunted just about every Google Image search I’ve done for watermelon photos over the past few years, so I figured I’d finally find a use for the freaky pic by featuring it during this month-long Halloween celebration. I don’t know if it’s the beady little eyes or the casual … [Read more...]

FEATURED ANIMAL EATING WATERMELON: AN ELEPHANT

Elephant’s are Earth’s largest land animal, so it makes sense that they’d be fans of one of the largest fruits/vegetables. In this video, we see an elephant making good use of his 10,000 pounds by reducing a watermelon to mush and scooping up the remnants with his trunk. I once tried stomping on a … [Read more...]

HAVE A BONE-CHILLING HALLOWEEN!

The original title of this blog entry was “Happy Halloween,” but then I started thinking – why do people wish a Happy Halloween? Shouldn’t it be “Scary Halloween” or “Frightful Halloween?” I’d even accept a “Have a Mischievous Halloween” if someone greeted me with it. I can understand “Merry … [Read more...]

LUNCHBOX RECIPE: WATERMELON DIPPERS

Kids are back in school now, which should make a lot of parents very happy. Unless your child is headed off to kindergarten, in which case you may be a little sad (but happy later). With back-to-school season in mind, this month’s two featured recipes will focus on lunchbox-friendly options for kids … [Read more...]

WATERMELON IS #1 (SORT OF)

Last week, a friend emailed me the following tidbit: Watermelon is the second largest vegetable crop worldwide (in terms of production), trailing only tomatoes. Yes, watermelon is a vegetable. We presented that little-known detail in a blog entry a while back (it’s also discussed on the National … [Read more...]

SECOND SLICE: ORGANIC OR NONORGANIC (DOES IT REALLY MATTER?)

If there’s one thing I’ve learned as the father of a one-year-old, it’s that babies can’t eat all the stuff grown ups eat. Like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream at 10:30 at night. Babies can’t eat it! (Plus they’re asleep then.) And beef lo mein takeout from the Chinese food place down the … [Read more...]

FEATURED PHOTO: THE WATERMELON PARTY

I love old pictures. Even if I don’t know any of the people in the picture, I just like imagining what life was like back whenever the photo was taken. It could be a picture from the 80s (big hair, brightly colored clothes) or the 50s (big hair, black and white clothes) or, in the case of the … [Read more...]