Beets Don’t Suck! And other Myths

By Michael Nolan

When I was pondering my own container garden at home for this season, I wanted to try a few things I hadn’t grown before.

When a trusted vegetarian friend extolled the virtues of growing the beet, I screwed up my face like I had just been fed a mouthful of lemon juice.

Then she invited me to dinner.

Who knew those things that my mother force fed me as a child (to be completely honest here – the woman cannot cook) could be so amazingly flavor-filled and jaw-droppingly delicious? (I almost said ‘magically delicious’, but I don’t want a lawsuit from General Mills). Read the rest of this entry »