Despite being blessed with an easily pleased palate, there’s no denying that beets taste like dirt. I do not like beets, their noted sublime sweetness absolutely stupefies me–what I taste is minerally, earthy, and undesirable. But, I no longer want to be the girl that doesn’t like beets (the only food I opt to abstain [...]
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Tell Me About it Tueday: beets
Posted in Recipes for Passionate Eaters, Tell it To Me Tuesday on May 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Tell it to Me Tuesday: Bananas
Posted in Grassroot Causes, Tell it To Me Tuesday, tagged bananas, caribbean, central america, chiquita, costa rica, dole, problems with bananas, stop eating bananas, where do bananas come from on April 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bananas are as popular in American kitchens as apples, grapes, or oranges. These oddly-shaped yellow herbacious plan origened fruits are common in kitchens, and we rarely think twice about eating them. I love bananas for their versatility in cooking–banana bread, banana smoothies, banana oatmeal, fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, banana splits, bananas foster, [...]