FIGS SHINE AT THE CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA The Worlds of Flavor® International Conference & Festival, presented by The Culinary Institute of America (CIA), is widely acknowledged as our country’s most influential professional forum on world cuisines and culinary flavor trends. At the most recent conference, A Mediterranean Flavor Odyssey: Preserving And Re-Inventing Traditions For Modern Palates, Valley Fig Growers...

Figs Give the Holidays Style and Flavor Christmas, Hanukkah, and Thanksgiving offer wonderful opportunities to add style and flavor to your holidays with dried California Figs Dark Chocolate Bark with Figs, Nuts and White Chocolate Drizzle Melt bittersweet chocolate as package directs. Stir figs and nuts into melted chocolate.  Spread on foil-lined baking sheet to thickness of about 1/4-inch. Chill...

Introducing Orchard Choice Fig Balsamic Vinegar! Fig Balsamic Vinegar, created in the tradition of the Mediterranean, blends robust Italian red wine vinegar with dried California figs that have been hand-picked at their peak of sweetness. An aromatic fruity vinegar with a delicately balanced sweet-tart flavor, Blue Ribbon Orchard Choice Fig Balsamic Vinegar brings out the best in grilled vegetables; adds...

Spring Into Fitness “Exercise is good for you; it provides many health benefits.” You’ve heard this a million times, yet 50 percent of those starting an exercise program quit within the first six months. People have the time to exercise, what appears they don’t have is the motivation and a good plan. Spring brings great weather and creates the perfect...

Breakfast is a Healthy Start to 2008 Breakfast is often called the most important meal of the day, and rightly so; however, breakfast also is the most skipped meal. Eating breakfast offers many well-documented benefits that include increased energy and the ability to pay attention—that’s for children as well as adults. Recent studies have examined the role eating breakfast plays...