[Photograph: Caroline Russock] Summer might be the height of pickling and preserving season, but a recent trip to the market left me with plenty of fruits and vegetables that were just waiting to be put up. The inspiration for...
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©iStockPhoto/mdmiller There are a few reasons I've chosen this recipe for Stewed Beets with Beet Greens and Ginger from Raghavan Iyer's 660 Curries to kick off our week of curries. First, this recipe is the first dish I tried...
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Note: On Wednesdays, Andrea Lynn, senior editor of Chile Pepper magazine, drops by with Serious Heat. ©iStockphoto.com/blowbackphoto Spice doesn’t just come in the form of capsaicin-based wonders. There's that fabulous nasal-cleansing heat of roots like horseradish and Japanese horseradish, commonly...
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They're nothing new, but I am still rather enamored of the pre-cooked, shrink-wrapped beets you can buy in the grocery store. I first encountered them a few years ago at Fairway in Brooklyn, but living in Estonia they're ubiquitous...
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I have never been a picky eater. Growing up, I would eat anything; raw oysters, rare steaks, brussels sprouts, lima beans, no problem. Thinking back, there is only one food that I can remember refusing to eat, and that was...
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Who's ready for another cheap soup recipe? This one is as economical and simple as they come, is ready in minutes, and is far richer and warming than it has any credit being.
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I was going to tie this beet salad in with the New York Times article "The 11 Best Foods You Aren't Eating", until my wife kindly reminded me the article was actually published in June, and that smart me had...
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- Makes 4 servings - Time: 20 minutes Beets, like carrots, can be eaten raw. And they're delicious that way, crunchy and sweet. So sweet, in fact, that they need a strongly acidic dressing like this one for balance....
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If beets aren't your thing to begin with, this recipe won't convince you otherwise. It's a butter-fried pancake made of nothing but shredded beets, flour, a bit of chopped rosemary, and good old salt and pepper. The flavor is earthy,...
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At the Logan Square Farmers' Market in Chicago recently, I came across yellow beets and was told they are sweeter than regular red ones. Whether that's true or not, I was sold. I just had to think of how...
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