Beets

Easy dinner recipes: Quinoa is a superfood! Here are 4 great quinoa salads

2013-05-22 08:00:00

Quinoa. It's a South American grain-like crop that has come to be recognized as a nutrient-dense superfood, and it's all the rage right now. The seeds, or "grains" (quinoa is not a true cereal, though its seeds resemble and are similarly used like grains)...

Restaurant recipes: Borscht from Paper or Plastik Cafe

2013-04-20 00:00:00

Dear SOS: In the heat of August, I stopped for lunch at Paper or Plastik Cafe. I had the most amazing cold borscht. It was light and refreshing and full-flavored and, like my bubby's, only distilled down to the essence of borscht. Is there any chance...

Brave new whirl: Juices can pack power, and so can the machines that make them

2013-03-09 00:00:00

Not so long ago, people made juice by squeezing oranges on a little cone-shaped tool. How quaint, compared with the machines and shops and ingredients that are part of the world of juicing. "It's becoming part of the culture," said Dr. Frank Lipman,...

South Beach Food and Wine Festival highlights

2013-02-25 13:28:00

Picture this -- blue skies, a teal sea, white sand and palm trees swaying in the cool seaside breeze. And in the middle of it all, two giant white tents full of hundreds of people boozing it up and eating until they couldn't breathe. It's the South...

The ultimate Valentine's Day dining guide

2013-02-04 15:03:00

On Valentine's Day, maybe you woo your sweetie with flowers, chocolates or even diamonds. But what are you going to do about dinner? Whether you'll be curling up to a showing of “When Harry Met Sally” at the Electric Dusk Drive-In, strolling...

Chef's Map: Jessica Koslow's Paris

2013-02-12 13:31:00

View Jessica Koslow's Paris in a larger map. In a new occasional series, chefs reveal the places they love in their favorite cities and neighborhoods. Jessica Koslow, proprietor of Sqirl jams and its namesake cafe, recently flew to Paris for 3� days...

Farmers Markets: The best of early winter

2012-12-29 00:00:00

Although summer claims many of the sexiest, most attention-grabbing vegetables, such as eggplants, tomatoes, peppers and zucchini, in Southern California the vegetables that thrive in winter are equally abundant and alluring. Roots, crucifers and peas may...

Market Fresh: Beets

2012-12-08 08:00:00

It wasn't so long ago that beets came in one color -- red -- and the most familiar way of serving them was so pickled they tasted mostly like vinegar. You can find lots of colors of beets at the farmers markets these days and, even better, their flavors...

Hanukkah recipe: Fresh beet latkes with cumin and coriander

2012-12-05 12:00:00

Who says latkes have to be made from potatoes? Israeli cookbook author Phyllis Glazer makes these with grated raw beets and gives them a Middle Eastern twist by spicing them generously with coriander and cumin. Serve them with tangy sour cream or rich...

Dinner tonight! Warszawa's cold borscht

2012-12-21 11:00:00

Warszawa is a wonderfully homey little restaurant that has been quietly serving amazingly sophisticated Polish food in Santa Monica for more than three decades. It may be most famous for its roast duck and pirogi (and its terrific collection of Polish...

Test Kitchen video tip: Peeling and cleaning pomegranate

2012-11-26 07:00:00

Ever open a pomegranate and wonder how to get at all those seeds? Picking them out one by one can be both time-consuming and incredibly messy. Don’t worry, there’s an easy way. Break the pomegranate open over a large bowl of water. Place the...

Organic self-tanners offer a natural alternative to chemicals and harsh sun

2012-08-12 00:00:00

Not so long ago "working on a tan" meant a choice among baking in the sun, broiling on a tanning bed or slathering on a chemical-laden self-tanner that left streaks, smelled awful and imbued skin with a distinct fake orange glow. Today, there's another...

Betty Lou Beets was executed in Texas for the murder of her fifth husband.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Jim: "Question: What kind of bear is best? Dwight: "That's a ridiculous question." Jim: "FALSE: Black bear." Dwight: "That's debatable. There's basically two schools of thought Jim: Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica."

2013-05-12 15:40:00

They also contain antioxidants that have been shown to lower total cholesterol while increasing HDL (good) cholesterol.

2013-01-23 18:31:00