Chef Ian Palazzola, Chef de Cuisine at Mourad in San Francisco, sat down with us to share his path to the kitchen as well as his love of cooking with California walnuts. It all began at the height of the Emeril Lagasse ‘BAM’ craze, when Palazzola was very young and…

When ordering California walnuts from your restaurant purveyor, it is common to be provided with light walnut halves and pieces. But what about the other options? California walnuts are sold according to size and color, ranging from light to amber, with the lighter walnuts being the most popular for aesthetic…

The gelatin salad is a traditional family favorite which has had a place at holiday dinner tables for decades. Show us your family’s updated version of this time honored American treasure. The CWC is looking for your unique and modern twist on the classic gelatin salad. The winner will receive…

To move additional retail volume, the CWC conducted retail campaigns in several key export markets during the first part of 2016. In Japan, the CWC communicated the health benefits of walnuts in addition to generating consumer awareness at the point of sale through a consumer sweepstakes campaign. A total of…

If you are a walnut grower, chances are you’ve heard of Joe Grant. He has been instrumental in developing pheromone mating disruption to control codling moth (scourge of many a walnut orchards), helping growers optimize irrigation with the aid of pressure bombs as well as the use of cover crops…

Turn back the clock to the start of the 2014 crop year. Growers wrapped up their 2013 season with production at 492,000 tons and a year of record returns. Then, along comes the “big one” – a 570,000 ton crop in the same year that China’s own crop increased 50,000…