Pop Rocks, vinegars, nanoparticles, and eggs- we've got it all on this week's Cooking Issues. Dave Arnold and Nastassia Lopez begin the show with a official response from S.C. Johnson about sous vide cooking in Ziplock bags! Later, hear about the possibilities of savor Pop Rocks and open-fermentation fruit vinegars. Should nanoparticles in food a safety concern? Dave hears back from listener about some new and interesting egg peeling techniques. Can harissa sauce be made shelf-stable without the addition of preservatives? Finally, Dave closes out the show by talking about Booker and Dax's ice program! This episode has been brought to you by White Oak Pastures.

"The reason to raise the pH when pressure cooking is to shift the temperature at which a Maillard reaction occurs to a lower temperature." [20:25]

"You can you take a something that is safe to use (in food) and decrease its size by so much that it is no longer safe to be used." [25:30]

-- Dave Arnold on Cooking Issues

This week The Farm Report is pleased to welcome Jesse LaFlamme, head of Pete And Gerry's Organic Eggs, the first Certified Humane egg farm in the country. Pete and Gerry’s is proving commercial farming and organic, humane, sustainable farming are not mutually exclusive. Pete and Gerry’s has realized consistent growth without becoming a factory farm. Jesse recruits small family farms as egg producers, keeping family farmers in business and protecting valuable open space. He combines state-of-the-art husbandry and farming technology with streamlined and efficient processing to make Pete and Gerry’s cost competitive with much larger operations. Those efficiencies also allow him to share those margins with his producers. Jesse is one of the new breed of 21st Century farmers who understands that the world needs commercial farms to feed its inhabitants, but needs to do it without degrading the environment and exploiting livestock. This episode is sponsored The Barterhouse.

"[Farmers] just want to be farmers, it sounds basic, but in today's big agriculture that is hard to do." -Jesse LaFlamme, head of Pete & Gerry's Organic Eggs on The Farm Report

This week on the GrowNYC Market Update, Jeanne Hodesh chats with Erin Fairbanks about an Easter staple- eggs! Hear what eggs are available from Greenmarket farmers, such as Quattro's Game Farm. What egg recipes are some of Jeanne's favorites? Find out on this week's GrowNYC Market Update!