Henry Lee Giclas III, who retired two years ago after a career of unflinching devotion to the betterment of the produce industry, died on Friday, Aug. 5, after a short battle with cancer.
Mr. Giclas, who spent the entirety of his produce industry career with Western Growers, was born in Socorro, NM, in 1959 and retired in 2020 in nearby Albuquerque. In between, he lived an adventurous life that took him around the world and through several professions.
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For thrifty homemakers, many fruits and vegetables would soon come at too dear a cost the widespread desperation of the Great Depression was just beginning when the Good Housekeeping Institute published its 1930 cookbook, “Meals Tested, Tasted and Approved.”
Jaunty recipes on the now-yellowed, food-stained pages which still lay between the red and white striped cover must have become mid-20th century treats. Others prepared with down-to-earth basic ingredients likely graced tables more frequently. Cauliflower Timbales, for example.
But before discovering that 90-year-old recipe’s charms, and how to prepare it, learn how it’s star performer and other veggies are promoted in 2020 Colorado.