Farm to table | Colored beets

In summer salads, you can't beat these earthy vegetables

July 12, 2006

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A weekly column on summer ingredients. Burgundy beets are so intensely colored they can stain your hands, your counters, and any food they come in contact with. These humble roots, long relegated to Eastern European borscht -- a hot meaty pot in the winter, and cold clear broth in summer -- became snazzy additions to contemporary salads. Chefs prize them ... (Full article: 211 words)