When I was an exchange student living in Germany, my favorite gelato flavor was maracuja. It had a tangy, sweet-but-tart character that made it refreshing and intriguing at the same time. Imagine my ecstatic happiness when I discovered maracuja juice at the local grocery store! “I’ve got to figure out what this is so that [...]
There’s a lot more to palm trees than the shade. You may have had hearts of palm–or palmitos–in a salad. (Palmito is also a term of endearment in Spanish.) Hearts of palm actually are the hearts of palm trees. They taste somewhat like artichoke hearts and are often pickled and marinated [...]
