Confession: Sometimes when I go grocery shopping, my attention gets completely diverted by beautiful produce. I guess you can say I have a wandering eye when it comes to gorgeous fruits and ...

Perhaps it’s the subliminal suggestion still rattling around in my brain, the vestiges of countless grade-school recitations: Peter Piper Packed A Peck Of Pickled Peppers.

No food-lover’s trip to Santa Barbara would be complete without a stop at one of the local farmers markets. The big Saturday morning market, near Santa Barbara and Cota streets, is certainly one ...

Some peppers are perfect clotheshorses, trying on this hue, now that, until they’re satisfied. One type of green pepper, called Blue Jay, if left on its bush, would cloak itself in lilac, the… ...

If you think peppers are only sweet and green, or hot and red, you haven’t experienced the complete rainbow of colors and tastes that can be a part of your PICK A PECK OF PEPPERS Skip to main ...

Nadra Tabor and her husband, Rich, pick more than a peck of peppers during the summer harvest. "We'll eat about a half a bushel a year," Rich said. Since a bushel equals four pecks, and a peck ...

The time is ripe to pick up a peck of peppers. As a nation, we eat more peppers than ever, on average about 16 pounds a year. Of that, about 10 pounds will be bell peppers. What to do with all thos… ...

Perhaps you, too, were moved to unladylike expressions a few months ago when visiting the produce counter to select a few cheerful red bell peppers. The color was crimson and the price hellish. I ...