This is one of our favorite summer salads, all the better with beets and tomatoes freshly harvested from the garden. The beets are the Chiogga variety, noteworthy for their concentric circles of red and gold when sliced open. We cook the beets in boiling water until just done, then move them to a cold water […]
I planted my beets at the end of March and basically forgot about them. How sad is that? Well, forgotten would be too strong a term. I knew they were there. I cast them a glance frequently in my tours around the garden. But they just never seemed to be getting big enough. Finally I […]
If you’ve spent any time at all reading recipes you haven’t escaped the standard admonition when preparing beets to be sure to use the beet greens. Not only tasty, are these greens we’re told, but so darned good for you as well. To which I respond: Have you ever tried actually cooking the greens that […]
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