brussels sprouts

Science

From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom

4:22pm October 30, 2019

by Dan Charles

Brussels sprouts used to be scorned. Now they're trendy. And one reason for their renaissance sits tucked away in a basement storage room in the Netherlands.

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Von Diaz drew on her experiences in her grandmother's Puerto Rican kitchen and her Southeastern American roots to write her cookbook, Coconuts and Collards.

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Arts

Puerto Rican Cooking And The American South Mix In 'Coconuts And Collards'

6:02am March 18, 2018

Author Von Diaz's cookbook Coconuts and Collards offers a vegetable-forward take on foods she learned to cook from her Puerto Rican grandmother and on the fly in her family's kitchen near Atlanta.

Arts

A Cuppa Matcha With Your Crickets? On The Menu In 2015

3:06pm December 29, 2014

by Bonny Wolf

In the new year we'll be eating pot pesto, pork fat and pancit along with the newborn progeny of Brussels sprouts and kale.

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Broccoflower was originally grown in Holland and hit the U.S. market in 1989. It's remained a relatively specialty item since then, but culinary experts say it may soon become more widely available.

Science

Kalettes, Broccoflower And Other Eye-Popping Vegetables For 2015

6:22pm December 12, 2014

by Alison Bruzek

Kale's days as the superfood-du-jour may be numbered. Next up: Kalettes? It's a cross between kale and Brussels sprouts, and it's one of a few bewitching hybrid vegetables that could go big in 2015.