What About Watermelon?

ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, JUMP!

Jill Jayne is a registered dietitian and the energetic, creative force behind Jump with Jill, a health program that makes nutrition and health fun for kids by combining music with entertaining fitness lessons. The live Jump with Jill show has been performed 1,000 times for 250,000 kids all over the … [Read more...]

SIX QUESTIONS WITH A WATERMELON CARVER: DUSTIN EVANS

The 2015 Watermelon Carving Contest is still in the planning stages (it’ll kick off in June), but the folks who will be submitting masterpieces for the competition are busy carving watermelon as we speak. Okay, maybe they’re not carving watermelon right now — although some of them might be — but … [Read more...]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS SPRING?

Between this awesome spring weather that we’ve been having and keeping up with my brackets for March Madness, I’m finding it hard to miss the winter we’ve left behind. The snow has melted away, the birds have come back from wherever the heck they vacation during the winter (I think somewhere … [Read more...]

NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION UPDATE: CHEESECAKE WITH WATERMELON AND BLUEBERRY SAUCE

So far, in my New Year’s resolution to prepare more meals using watermelon, I’ve prepared a main course (sweet and sour watermelon chicken) and a soup (watermelon gazpacho). For my third watermelon dish, I’m whipping up something for my favorite course — dessert. When I spotted this recipe for … [Read more...]

RECIPE: GREEK PITA FLATBREAD WITH WATERMELON

It’s no secret that the marriage of watermelon and feta cheese creates a delectable, full-flavored explosion of awesomeness. I came across this life-changing discovery late in 2009, when I published this recipe for Watermelon Feta Salad. The saltiness of the feta mixed with the sweetness of the … [Read more...]

HOW ONE NEW PRODUCT IS MAKING FARMING EASIER

I was raised in a pretty rural region of Pennsylvania, and I even spent a few summers helping on my cousin’s dairy farm. But that’s pretty much where my farming experience ends. I definitely don’t have a green thumb (remember my failed attempt to grow a watermelon?), but my limited interaction with … [Read more...]

FEBRUARY PRIZE: A WATERMELON SALT & PEPPER SHAKER!

Now at age 4, my daughter has quite a collection of, well, collections going on. Between the boxes of Barbie dolls and all their tiny clothes, a tote full of barnyard animals, and a million other toys, she has a selection most kids would go bonkers for. As I tucked her into bed last night, I … [Read more...]

THIS WATERMELON RAISIN BREAD WILL BLOW YOUR MIND

No, the watermelon raisin bread you see above wasn’t created using some Photoshop trickery. It was actually baked like that, and it’s really not that hard. Check out the video below for a step-by-step tutorial. It’s about seven minutes long, but it’s an entertaining and informative seven minutes, … [Read more...]

SECOND SLICE: DO YOU SALT YOUR WATERMELON?SECOND SLICE: DO YOU SALT YOUR WATERMELON?

This is a popular debate in watermelon circles, so I’ve decided to repost this entry from 2011. Sound off with your thoughts on the issue with a comment, and cast your vote in the poll in the right hand sidebar! I’ve mentioned in the past that I love salt, but not on watermelon. My statement has … [Read more...]

TRY NOT TO FEEL HAPPY AFTER WATCHING THIS VIDEO… I DARE YOU!

Tom Rosenthal is a 26-year-old songwriter from London, England, and not to be confused with the U.K.’s other 26-year-old Tom Rosenthal, who’s an actor and a comedian. Tom Rosenthal the comedian might want to watch out, though, because Tom Rosenthal the songwriter also knows how to make people … [Read more...]