Root Vegetables

13 May 2012

Chinese hospitality is a wonder to behold: towering, looming, all-encompassing. It lifts you up in its large, fluffy paw, swings you around a bit and squeezes all the willpower out of you before...

2:48PM

Root awakening

6 May 2012

I've always thought of carrots as being orange - giving rise to the name 'carrot-top' for red-headed people (although the true carrot top - the leaves - are green, since the part we normally eat...

2:14PM

Quiz

1 May 2012

Potatoes, just like white bread and sugar, have gained a bad reputation for causing high insulin levels that can lead to obesity and diabetes. But a recent study shows that you can still enjoy...

1:50PM

Beet a path to better health

3 Jan 2012

First came tomatoes, then strawberries, pomegranate and acai berries. If shelves in Hong Kong are anything to go by, the next superfood is also red: beetroot.

4:28AM

When pulp friction gets too much

1 Jan 2012

It's official - my brain has gone to mush. My vocabulary is shrinking and now all that my baby-addled brain is thinking about is mushed apple, mushed carrot, mushed banana and mushed courgette....

4:21AM

DNA clue to a better class of potato

28 Aug 2011

Even small potatoes have their DNA sequenced now. And a company in the Netherlands has just announced the successful genetic sequencing of Cannabis sativa, the annual plant that has been widely...

6:03PM

Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

2:53PM

Alex Lo

We need a sober view of sexual violence

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4:10AM

Wild thing

To anyone but the most ardent foodie, a ramp is a smooth, sloped surface that provides access from one level to another.

8:33AM

Cooking up a storm

Most of us have a repertoire of quick and easy dishes that we can depend on after a day's hard work. Sometimes, though, we need dishes that show a little more effort.

7:20AM

Root force

The rutabaga could do with a name change. It's not the prettiest of vegetables but its appearance isn't nearly as unattractive as its name.

12:08PM

Potatoes

Patata

Potatoes are so common most of us do not give them a second thought. The English word comes from Spanish - patata. The Spanish discovered them in Peru.

9:33PM

A better carrot

The taste and texture of a slim, young carrot, eaten within minutes of being plucked, is different from that of a thick, dried-out vegetable that has been kept in cold storage for months.

12:10PM

Under the skin

Celeriac isn't, as a friend thought, gluten intolerance (that would be coeliac disease). Also known as celery root, celeriac doesn't look appealing - it's bulbous, heavy and dense - but the...

3:02PM