Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These three methods for cooking beets are straightforward, low on prep work, and extremely forgiving. Especially if you’re boiling ...

It caramelizes the sugars in the beets, giving them a sweeter and more concentrated flavor.

“What makes a potato pancake a latke?” my younger daughter asked me last week, just before the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which begins this year on Sunday evening (all Jewish holidays ...

These beet deviled eggs are a vibrant twist on a classic appetizer. Hard-boiled eggs soak in a tangy beet brine with bay leaves and black peppercorns until they turn a beautiful magenta color, then ...

Roasted squash is so been-there-done-that. Not that it isn't delicious. But how many times can you get excited by tossing butternut chunks in oil and seasonings, then roasting? Still, Thanksgiving is ...

There’s something very pleasing about an open-faced sandwich. While simple in concept, the open sandwich construction is popular in myriad cultures. For instance, it’s known as bruschetta in Italy, ...

For anyone who has joined a Passover seder, the maror (horseradish) is a love-it-or-hate-it item. Here's how to up the ante, if you dare.

Summer’s really the time for the Italian bread salad called panzanella. Stale bread in Tuscany gets rehydrated with water, squeezed into a pulp, and mixed with ripe tomatoes, onions, red wine vinegar ...

You either love 'em or hate 'em. And for those who love them, beets are in abundance now in our gardens and farmers' markets. These beet roots are good for us and high in potassium, fiber and folacin, ...