“Dal” is the generic name for about a million different Indian recipes in which legumes star in rich vegetable stews. In India as well as neighboring countries, beans, lentils and pulses of all sorts combine with rich blends of spices and other vegetables to form the basis of protein in the diet. They can be […]
Since we landed in Africa on our virtual world food tour, our food appreciation classes have noticed that the recipes we’ve tried so far are all loaded with fresh, healthful ingredients. This traditional salad from Senegal, called salatu niebein in the native language, is a good example. It starts with cooked black-eyed peas, a legume, […]
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 […]
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