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 in the same way. [...]
