The 38 Best Amsterdam Restaurants | Black Watermelon Seeds

At his pumpkin patch, he’s a dusty blur, working as greeter, cashier, wheelbarrow pusher and parking director. He’s five-and-a-half feet tall and wears a deep tan on his face from farm work.

Eating sunflower seeds has long been an American pastime, particularly at baseball games. As anyone who has been to a baseball game can tell you, the floor of the bleachers is usually littered (and in some stadiums, covered) with the hulls of sunflower seeds.

“We make zero dollars out of it and spend about $2,000 a year — that’s for five plants,” Young said. “We have friends who dock a boat all summer for that kind of money. Well, this is my boat; this is our golf club.”

A dynamite raspberry granite ($11) is studded with fruit and basil that plays a little like halo halo and combines wild textures to better effect.

Texas A&M University has published a 48-page ‘Cottonseed Cookery’ cook book. Recipes include everything from cotton-fried chicken and cottonseed-stuffed fish to burritos, soups, salads, breads and pralines.

While American Eat Co. is technically not a restaurant, it’s a food hall with exclusively local restaurant vendors. We hope this catches fire as a trend around Tucson.

Whether you’ve got a peanut-free school to deal with or your colleague at work starts sneezing at the mere thought of tree nuts, these allergen-, gluten- and dairy-free sunflower butter treats work for any hungry breakfast or bake sale crowd. That’s if you’re sharing—we don’t blame you if you keep the entire batch for yourself.

Taco Bell is apparently trying to prove its customers that it can make a soft drink look as much like a fruit drink as it tastes

“I call it a yarden. It’s a garden that grows into a yard,” Baldwin said. “It’s that much less to mow.”

Amy Height‘s Cauliflower Brazil Nut Purée With Crispy Tofue is a wonderfully nutrient-rich alternative to mashed potatoes. Blended with garlic, thyme, ground pepper, and coconut oil, this purée is flavorful and comforting. Once topped with crispy, browned tofu, this dish becomes a complete meal that is sure to satisfy.

The triggers were, of course, “slave mentality.” This wasn’t the first time this year James’ feelings about whiteness made headlines either. In August, James said he experienced culture shock being around white people when he entered high school.

The Crepe Shack by Mawa’s Kitchen, on the ice skating rink-side of the new D& E/Four Mountain Sports shop, was literally oozing visitors. When I stopped by, at least a dozen people were sardined into the space—befitting the "shack" moniker at just 295 square feet. A crew of five, including chef-owner Mawa McQueen herself, was busy building crepes still steaming from the hot griddles. McQueen says she served more than 600 crepes that day—no wonder the cooks were almost too worn out to tell me how it went when I returned a few days later.