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Edibles: Articles from The Editorial Side

Plants and food just go together. It seems that even if their gardening interests don’t extend to vegetable gardening, most plant people share a passion for food. Here we talk about food-bearing plants as well as what we’re cooking and eating. Team Plant Lust feels plants are life, in all the ways!

The edibles garden, 2016 style

The edibles garden, 2016 style

Last week Patricia mentioned her foray into tomato growing. Since she'd previously asked about my "candy tomatoes" -- a reference to the fact everyone was eating them like candy at the open garden last August -- I thought I'd share what I'm growing this year. I think...

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Grocery shopping in a Zanzibar Market

Grocery shopping in a Zanzibar Market

It can be challenging as a tourist and get a sense for local life and culture. It's always a bit awkward when you're stopping to photograph something that seems novel to you, while the people around you are just in a hurry to get on with their day and some tourist is...

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Use the Whole Pumpkin

Use the Whole Pumpkin

I love all of October, especially Halloween. It's so much fun to see jack-o'-lanterns and their spooky friends turning up on porches. But me, I'm not a big fan of pumpkin carving. Especially step one, where you find yourself up to your elbows in seeds and stringy...

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Don’t worry, eat cauliflower

Don’t worry, eat cauliflower

First, let me apologize if I got a certain relentlessly cheery 1980s pop song stuck in your head with the blog title. I've been punished, it's now stuck in mine. There were two things that came across my field of vision recently that led me to this earworm. First, an...

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No Such Thing as Too Much Zucchini

No Such Thing as Too Much Zucchini

I'm embarrassed. Back when I worked in an office, I used to hide in my cubicle while coworkers distributed their excess garden harvest. There always seemed to be zucchini, which topped my list of duck-and-cover foods. To be fair, I had only ever had zucchini as...

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