Some people say you'll never forget your first kiss. Well, I'll never forget my first beet. When I tried the root veggie for the first time as a kid, I was not into it. Not even the cool pink color ...

If you grew up before the food revolution of the 1970s or if your parents never embraced it, you can't be blamed for having a problem with beets. Unless someone in your family gardened, you lived on a ...

With their earthy flavor and lovely color, beets are a welcome addition to any winter dish. They are inexpensive, versatile and hearty, and you can even eat beet greens to reduce food waste. Beets are ...

Don’t know what to do with all that beet juice Aunt Sally bought you for Christmas? Well, it might help you get out of your driveway in this winter weather. The Pennsylvania Department of ...

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Eating a beet salad the other week jarred my memory about a few things. First, I realized I had not had any fresh, local beets this spring. I never liked beets as a kid because they were canned. Fresh ...

The sugar beet harvest so far shows the crop survived summer’s high heat. Brodie Griffin, agriculture director at Boise-based Amalgamated Sugar, said that as of Oct. 10, accumulative sugar content ...

On the face of it, beets are extroverts. Their very veins run magenta, red and gold. The roots come from the same high palette. When the hue is purple or red, which it so often is, then they are not ...

Beets were not a vegetable that I grew up eating, but I fell in love with their earthy sweetness during my days working in restaurants. That earthiness can be a hurdle for some, but there are many ...

Every year when the beets start piling up on my counter, I know it is time to make pickled beets. This is one of my favorite ways to stretch the harvest, add bright color to winter plates, and keep ...

Sugar beet planting is getting back on schedule in Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon following earlier heavy rains. “We were late going in because of the rain, but we got them all planted,” said Galen ...