The leaf and herb varieties available as micro green just keeps expanding. MICRO FENUGREEK is one of the latest additions. While some people eschew baby vegetables claiming lack of flavor, no one’s claiming that about micro greens. All the micro greens pack quite a wallop. They’re like little concentrated bursts of whatever flavor they would…
Our new favorite edible flower! Perfect for Autumn menus (and wait ’til you see our edible Autumn Leaves…coming soon!) thanks to their beautiful colors. Beautiful, exceptional as garnish for dishes both hot and cold.
Petite Herbs are the next logical step beyond micro greens. Larger, with flavors more fully developed, Herbs are cut 2 to 4 weeks later than micro greens. The resulting Herbs are full of bright, rich flavor and are 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. The Petite Herbs Seasons Mix contains a wide variety of a…
These beautiful Petite Celery leaves have great color and assertive Celery flavor.
These little gems are the small leaves of the Haricot Vert plant. They are 100% edible, and each heart-shaped leaf is less than 1″ in diameter. Petite Haricot Leaves taste exactly like a fresh Haricot Vert! Lots of fresh bean flavor in a lovely package! (Note to chefs: if your Petite Haricot Leaves become a…
Petite Hearts on Fire is what our grower calls this beautiful, petite leaf. Grown in hot houses, Petite Hearts on Fire have great eye-appeal and a flavor reminiscent of Sorrel citrusy and bright.
Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, we’ve got beautiful, little, hothouse grown Clover. And to make them even more fun, about 15 percent are four-leaf Clovers! Perfect for piling atop a side of Colcannon or peeking out of the foam topping an Irish stout!
One of our favorite cookbooks, not just for the inspirational recipes but also for sheer reading pleasure, is Judy Rodgers’ “The Zuni Cafe Cookbook”. Chef Rodgers starts her recipe for Minutina Salad with Vegetable Confetti & Coriander Vinaigrette with “I fell for minutina the first time I mistook it for lawn clippings–this at Eastertime in…
Great things come in small packages! Petite Nasturtium Leaves look like they came straight from a Lilliputian garden but don’t be fooled by their charming, diminutive appearance each leaf has a wonderfully peppery flavor. Perfect for Spring and Summer dishes!
This Basil variety initially tastes like common Genovese Basil but the finish has a very distinctive nutmeg flavor. The Petite size is two to three weeks older and with larger leaves than Micro Greens.
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Purslane is a fast-growing herbaceous annual with thick, fleshy oval leaves. The nutty, tangy leaves can be prepared like spinach or used raw as a condiment. Esteemed in ancient Egypt and cultivated in Europe as far back as the Middle Ages, it fell victim to neglect over the course of the centuries. Now it is…
Tri-Colored Sage has the same flavor profile as traditional sage with beautiful lavender and white variegation. Beautiful presentation.
Also known as Manila Mangoes, Ataulfo Mangoes are prized for their creamy, smooth texture and sweet flavor. Once they are available, we know that Champagne Mangoes (a branded Mango packed in Texas) are just around the corner.
A very distinctive passion fruit relative, Passiflora Mollissima Bailey was renamed Banana Passion Fruit in New Zeland. In Hawaii, it is called Banana Poka. In its Latin American homeland, it is known as Curuba, Curuba de Castilla, or Curuba Sabanera Blanco (Columbia) Tacso, Tagso, Tauso (Ecuador) Parcha (Venezuela), Tumbo or Curuba (Bolivia) Tacso, Tumbo, Tumbo…
Cape Gooseberries were introduced to England in the eighteenth century but seem to have been known to the Greeks as early as the third century AD. The early settlers in South Africa cultivated Cape Gooseberries in the Cape of Good Hope, giving rise to one theory on how they acquired their name. Cape Gooseberries (physalis,…
The mango is the single most consumed fruit in the world. Hadens, Keitts, Kents and Tommy Atkins are the most common varieties. Enter the Champagne Mango. Actually a premium pack of the Ataulfo variety mango, Champagne Mango, like all Ataulfo mangoes, are free from the pesky fibers that plague the flesh of the other mango…
Cherimoya is native to South America and the West Indies, and grows on shrubs belonging to the Annona species. Inside the scaly yellowish green skin, the fruit has creamy white, custard-like flesh with a sweet-sour flavor reminiscent of pineapples and bananas, and large black seeds. Cherimoya flesh makes a delicious fruit sauce when blended with…
A Cocktail Avocado is a delightful little gift of nature that occurs without warning as a result of genetic factors and sudden changes in climate. This small, seedless avocado shows up most often in the greenskin variety, Fuerte. Although difficult to peel, Cocktail Avocado are cute and tasty when sliced into rounds as a garnish…
In 1915, Californian Everett K. DaVall developed two new Date varieties with the help of the Coachella Valley Agricultural Extension Station staff. To this day, his grandson, Everett, grows the same two Dates Empress and Honey. Both have exceptional flavor but have their own personalities. The Empress is perfect for stuffing its texture is somewhat…