While shopping at Whole Foods Market last week, I ran across one of my favorite vegetables – gold beets. At only $1.99 per bunch (organic), I just couldn’t pass them up. Like a kid in a candy store, I eagerly scooped up two bunches, thinking how delicious they would be freshly roasted and what a wonderful supporting ingredient any leftovers would be in a salad of mixed greens. Yes, I had great plans for these uniquely yellow root...

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I don’t know about others, but I tend to develop what I call situational or activity-based cravings for certain foods. I’m not sure that I can explain this phenomenon in a manner that makes sense, but I’ll give it a try. For example, I watch a foreign film or read a book or see a magazine article about a certain culture and before I know it, I’m having this intense desire for foods of that particular culture. This happened to me this...

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Vegetables are one of the great loves of my life, be they raw or cooked. I guess y’all probably think I say that about everything. Well, if you think that, you’re almost right. It’s true that I am extremely fond of a wide variety of veggies, fruit, fish, seafood, grains and legumes, and I probably like more of them than the average person, but I can tell you that I do not like everything. There are some things that I do not like (such as...

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Ever have a taste for something familiar and want something different at once? This was the case with me this afternoon. I was craving something cole slaw-esque for a snack, but wasn’t in the mood for the traditional cabbage and carrot variety. I wanted flavours similar to cole slaw, but not exactly. Know what I mean? Now, I do have a head of cabbage on hand, but I’m planning to use it to make fried cabbage for this evening’s dinner....

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