<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%">Salinas, CA</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">04.23.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Tanimura & Antle is tapping into the culinary adventurer in each of us with the company's Tanimura & Antle Little Gems™ Sweet Lettuce. The item, grown in the famous fertile soil of California, is also known as the Sweet Gem™ and Petite Gem. Little Gems are a compact petite lettuce variety resembling a small romaine lettuce with slightly softer and sweeter leaves, according to a press release. A longtime favorite of culinary professionals in the Bay Area, and well known by European consumers, the Little Gems™ Sweet Lettuce is now available to retailers across the U.S.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/127_GemKungPao303w179h.jpg" alt="April_24_13" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“I use Little Gems Sweet Lettuce for its exceptional flavor and texture, consistency of quality, and the versatility that it lends to both hot and cold dishes,” says Chef Jason Berthold, Executive Chef at RN74 in San Francisco. Tanimura & Antle Little Gems™ Lettuce is a seed variety that combines the characteristics of both romaine and butter lettuce. It grows into a petite compact head with light green leaves that are both sweet and crunchy. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/ta_littlegems_bag.jpg" alt="Images 042313" /></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>With the versatile nature of Tanimura & Antle Little Gems™ Sweet Lettuce, each petite heads consists of cupped leaves that can be stacked on the plate for a unique salad presentation, or halved and served as a wedge salad and even grilled. In addition, the whole leaves are ideal to hold a wide range of fillings, or served whole with dips as a healthy and tasty chip replacement. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>“We have experienced increased demand for our Sweet Gem™ Lettuce, our food service product. This phenomenon along with the ever increasing sophistication of the home cook has indicated perfect timing to brand this product for the retail market,” commented Diana McClean, Director of Marketing. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The company's Little Gems™ Sweet Lettuce is available in a 3-count retail bag to retailers across the U.S. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.taproduce.com/consumer/featured-product-detail.php?id=39&keywords=Little_Gems" target="_new"> Tanimura & Antle </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
