Three Tears for Onions Lead to Crying and Cuisine
Cindy Cullen Chapman Gazette Focus editor explains why cut onions bring tears due to a vapor released by their oils. The piece notes onions are biennial herbs from the amaryllis family likely originating in western Asia and Africa, with major growing states including California and Texas and several international regions.
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Cindy Cullen
Chapman Gazette
Asia
Africa
United States
California
Idaho
Michigan
New York
Oregon
Texas
Mexico
Italy
Spain
Bermuda
Onion Soups and Meatball Soup Recipes Collage
A collection of onion based soup recipes includes French Onion Soup with onions butter bread and cheeses. a milk onion soup with cheddar and Worcestershire. and an Onion and Meatball Soup with beef meatballs and egg cheese garnish. Each item provides step by step directions and yields.
Alligator boom in Louisiana prompts meat processing expansion
Louisiana and Florida face a surge of alligators after a long endangered status. The September hunting season plus USDA inspected facilities like Battistella's Sea Food, Inc. enable processing of meat for broader markets. Farmed gators loom as a future solution, with page 4B teasing continued coverage.
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Bayou Country
Facili
USDA
Battistella’s Sea Food, Inc
New Orleans
Florida
Butcher
Restaurant chef goes wild
Naples New York chef John McMath leads Wild Winds Farms edible flowers and herbs used as food and garnishes in a popular on site restaurant. Chef David Arbuckle blends wild produce with traditional dishes and flowers to create unique soups salads and meats in a small village dining room.
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Naples
N.Y
John McMath
Rochester
Ellie Clapp
David Arbuckle
Venice
Fla
Arbuckle
Florida
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Louisiana
Preston Battistella
Merle Ellis
Chronicle Features
Mimi Sheraton
New York Times Service
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