What you see here is approximately what the roots of my green bean plants looked like when I pulled them up this morning: covered in tiny white nodules. What could they be? They look like tiny egg sacks. Or perhaps a terrible root disease. In fact, they are little bundles of nitrogen, created by certain […]
What would happen if you crossed a radish with mozzarella cheese? You might end up with something like this Hakurei turnip. The cheese part is only a bit of a stretch. Otherwise, I struggle to describe the soft, smooth texture of this turnip. As white as drifting snow, the Hakurei borders on sweet, with only the […]
I wonder if more Americans wouldn’t cook at home if they didn’t get the idea from our popular media that every meal had to rise to the level of restaurant food. The same ethic has been embraced by hundreds of food bloggers, each enticing us with recipes entirely different from what we saw yesterday–photos to drool over, […]
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