Lisa on December 5th, 2008

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 [...]

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Lisa on September 8th, 2008

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 [...]

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