Knowing how to cook beets three ways — boiling, steaming, and roasting — is a great back-pocket culinary skill that lends itself to thousands of recipes. Whether you’re making a wintery salad with ...

Don’t listen to the naysayers. It is perfectly possible for someone who does not like beets to go on and lead a productive life, probably. A distaste for beets does not absolutely guarantee a dreary ...

Beets can be so divisive. Some people love them. And other people are wrong. For a long time, I was persuaded by the notion that the latter were good, well-intentioned folks who we just truly scarred ...

Even for vegetable lovers, beets can be a hard sell. Beets are one of those love-'em-or-hate-'em vegetables, with strong opinions on both sides. As beets come into their peak season from late summer ...

Beet borscht isn't considered sexy, but beets weren't considered a delicacy, either, until a few years ago. Then they started showing up in trendy salads, soups and side dishes, and in every color -- ...

3 to 5 pounds fresh whole beets, about 3 inches in diameter, washed 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups white vinegar 1. Place beets in large pot; cover with water. Cook 30 minutes or until fork-tender.

From the SCCC Kitchen offers Daily Gazette readers tastes from Schenectady County Community College’s nationally accredited American Culinary Federation culinary arts program. Recipes selected by SCCC ...

Several years ago, I was talking to my then-boss's boss about what I should add to my dinner plate that night. Paula Dempsey, head research librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asked me ...

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