These delicious recipes are just the beginning of the wonderful things you can do with the planet’s most exuberantly hued root. Few foods are as instantly festive as the earthy-sweet, richly hued beet ...

I was checking out at the grocery store the other day when the clerk asked whether I wanted the green tops removed from my carrots. I started to reflexively answer “yes,” as I always have except for ...

It started one January, during that post-holiday period when you need to nourish the soul but at the same time whittle off the residue of holiday truffles still riding on your hips. I wandered into my ...

Pour the polenta into a 4-quart saucepan and whisk in the 3 cups of boiling water. Leave at room temperature for at least 8 hours and up to 12 hours. Once the polenta has soaked overnight, scrub the ...

Toss the onions with vinegar nearly to cover and refrigerate until needed. They will turn bright pink. Discard the beet stems and any leaves that are yellowed or wilted, wash the rest, and steam until ...

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Submerge the kale, chard, mustard greens, and beet greens in water, and agitate to remove any dirt. Drain greens; cut out large ribs, and tear leaves into large pieces ...

This beet and green bean salad is one of those salads that sets a table ablaze in color, making everything else you serve with it look better in the process. It's also one of those salads that gets ...

Beets generously give us two vegetables, as both the roots and tops are edible. Beet greens, like other greens, are good sources of vitamin K, calcium and magnesium, which help build and maintain ...