Innocent mistakes can lead to splendid results. You would think I’d know a common red beet from a golden, or a chioggia beet? But we all know that you can’t judge the insides by the cover. Chioggia are Italian heirloom beets —as sweet as they are gorgeous. This candy cane variety has alternative red and white concentric whorls….
Beet Salad and The Garden of Eden
Today I ate fresh green coconut, courtesy of Sherrie. Sherrie is a spritely Hawaiian woman who strikes me as a combination of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell and Pocahontas. She dashes about, gracefully tending her gardens and hacking open coconuts as she feeds and instructs her guests. Sherrie snapped off a sugar cane, with her bare hands,…