This week we go to Matt Sigler’s Kitchen at Il Solito in Portland, Oregon. There he and Lacy talk about Purple Sprouting Broccoli and Matt explains his love for whole Brassica family. He then builds a dish to show us a couple different ways he likes to use this product on his menu.
Baby Romaine
This week In The Kitchen Chef Lacy is joined by one of our buyers, Keenan Hatfield, who talks to her all about lettuce! Keenan explains quality challenges, his relationship with the farms he buys from, and the importance of having solid harvesting techniques. He then describes how lettuce can be “cute” as he shows her some fun new items he is buying from Babe Farms.
PNW Pears
This week In The Kitchen, Lacy is joined by one of our sales reps, Peter Ross who talks about his passion for PNW Pears. He then uses one of the pears to create an interesting take on traditional Chicken & Waffles. Can you guess which type of pear he used?
Sumo Citrus
Fall in love this Valentine’s Day with the help of the PCFCo Cupid. Instead of arrows, she goes around the office spreading love one Sumo Citrus at a time!
Blood Oranges
This week In The Kitchen, Lacy works with Blood Oranges to make a perfect Valentine’s Day dessert for two very special Pacific Coast Fruit love birds, Tom & Nancy Brugato. Tom is our Multidivision President and Nancy is a second generation owner and VP of Business Development. Watch as Lacy prepares them a candied blood orange chocolate cake and hear Tom tell the story of how he proposed to Nancy.
Super Bowl Sunday Snacks
Super Bowl Sunday is right around the corner! This week In The Kitchen, Chef Lacy is joined by a current NFL player and former driver for Pacific Coast Fruit, Henry Mondeaux. Henry tells us what it’s like being a defensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers as Lacy dishes him up some game day snacks!
Red & Gold Bunch Beets
This week In The Kitchen, Chef Lacy works with Red Beets to create her plant based version of a traditional Hawaiian Poke Bowl.