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The All Blue variety of blue potatoes. Potatoes can be blue or purple, depending on the soil in which they are grown. Photo courtesy Burpee.com. Naturally blue and purple foods are relatively rare. Blue Foods. In the blue group are blackberries, blueberries, blue cheese, blue corn, Concord grapes, pale blue oyster mushrooms and edible…
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One of our favorite salad greens, not served often enough in the U.S., is frisée (free-ZAY), curly endive that’s a member of the chicory family. In France, it is formally known as chicorée frisée. (See the different types of endive.) There are many ways to serve a salade frisée, but a universal favorite is frisée…
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Baby carrots are hot sellers. But how much hotter can they get than these rainbow baby carrots? Carrots—standard size and baby—are available in six different colors: the familiar deep orange plus burgundy red, deep purple, tangerine (light orange), yellow and white. Baby carrots, by the way, are not a special breed but standard carrots cut…
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[1] How to eat more veggies? Just add them to potato dishes. It couldn’t be easier (photo © Betty Crocker). [2] Colcannon, a mash of potatoes and kale. Here’s the recipe (photo © Elise Bauer | Simply Recipes). [3] A blend of mashed potatoes and mashed cauliflower, garnished with tarragon. Here’s the recipe (photo ©…
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“Spring lamb” is so called because before modern times, the sheep gave birth in the spring. If you wanted lamb in other seasons, it would be frozen. Today, animal breeders know how to enable birth year-round, so lovers of lamb need never be without it. Use the ingredients of spring to (below) create your own…
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