Vegetables and fruit get their coloring from naturally occurring pigmentation. Some examples are beta-carotene in carrots, lutein in red peppers and lycopene in tomatoes. The colors of plants do more ...

Instead of searching the grocery store for wilted, past-prime summer produce, this salad will have you embracing winter. The ...

I have tried many pizza crusts constructed from certain vegetables — cauliflower, zucchini, yellow squash — and as a pizza snob I can honestly say that vegetable pizza crusts are a delicious option.

Eight servings of fruit and vegetables daily has immense health benefits. However, varying the colors you eat in those servings helps achieve maximum nutrition. That’s the advice from Deborah Harris, ...

Mixing and matching fresh herbs with vegetables will always bring a new side dish to the table, especially with some oli ...

This colorful vegetable casserole has a striking look but a simple approach. A tian is an assortment of roasted vegetables cooking in a shallow dish, sometimes with cheese or au gratin. Arranging ...

Toward the end of last August, when the melons and peaches at the market mingled with gigantic heads of broccoli and plump plums, friends and family came to visit. Among them was Granny Kathy. Though ...

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There’s more to the winter squash family than orange pumpkins. Squash and gourds come in so many wonderful arrays of color combos, shapes and textures. Pumpkins are the most beloved of the winter ...