Sugar Beet Food Co-Op

Recently, I toured the cheese selection at Sugar Beet with Joey Stawski, the resident cheese monger, and Lissa Dysart, who worked at Marion Street Cheese Market and now does marketing for Sugar Beet. Together, we tasted several cheeses that might be a little more expensive but that provide fair value along with more flavor and textural dimension than you'd find in low-cost, lower-quality commodity cheeses.

April 19 is National Garlic Day in the United States. For a twist on this day of celebrating of garlic (which we Italian-Americans celebrate every day of the year), consider getting some black garlic. It's fun.

To celebrate the heritage of Martin Luther King, Cheryl Munoz and Sugar Beet Schoolhouse will spend January 15 working with children to cook traditional Southern recipes.