What do borsch, pickles and laxatives (well, certain laxatives) have in common? They all start with beet roots. Mmmm, beets. They are sweet tasting, and give you the fullness of simple carbs with none of the guilt. They’re also a bitch to cut, leaving your cuticles and any cuts bright red. But just like their [...]
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Beets: Not Just a Favourite of Old Ladies
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Eating Like the Japanese; Sea Vegetables
Love vegetables? Have you ever eaten sea vegetables…plants that originated in the sea? If you’ve ever eaten sushi at a restaurant or some Asian soups, you’ve sampled sea vegetables or seaweed. Originally a part of Asian (especially Japanese and Korean) cultures, the various seaweeds offer a nutritional value and taste too exquisite for North America [...]
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How the other Julia Cooks Eggplant
This weekend, when my husband and I were at the fruit market, we found a huge eggplant. Round in that eggplant oblong way, this particular legume had an appendage sticking out near the top like a nose. We were utterly charmed with this face, and the 99 cent price, so we took “eggie” home. It [...]
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