What you see: Black dots on your orange peel. What it is: Peel damage of some kind. Eat or toss: If the orange looks and smells good under the peel,
White stuff on one end of blueberry
What you see: A white something or other on the frilly end of a blueberry. It’s not fuzzy like mold and may look like linen or gauze up close. What it is:
Dark spots on grapefruit peel
What you see: Dark spots on your grapefruit’s peel.What it is: A lot of issues could cause dark spots, but in this case a physical injury is likely.Eat or toss:
Yellow patches inside broccoli
What you see: Yellow beads on portions of your broccoli where the florets come together. You might only see the yellow if you bend the broccoli a bit to peer
Blueish color just under your grapefruit’s peel?
What you see: A dark ring inside a cross section of your grapefruit rind. Or, if you’ve peeled the fruit, you may see a blue tinge just below the exterior peel.
Yellow broccoli
What you see: Your broccoli head is turning yellow. What it is: Overall yellowing is a sign of over mature broccoli; the broccoli could have been stored too
Brown stains on your banana?
What you see: A brown stain on your banana. What it is: A superficial “burn” from banana sap.Eat or toss: Eat! As long as the banana otherwise looks
Dark, black slightly sunken spots on mango
What you see: A sunken black spot on your mango. What it is: A fungus known as anthracnose.Eat or toss: Cut the affected area off with some relatively generous
What are those white fluffy things around some apple stems?
What you see: A white wispy thing around your apple stem. What it is: Insect webbing. Eat or toss: Wipe it off and get on with your apple-eating
Foraged foods in EdibleDC!
How fun to write a feature article for the newly relaunched EdibleDC! This magazine covers all things foodie in Washington, D.C., and I was glad to write a
How ripe is too ripe for banana bread?
What you see: A banana that is very brown and maybe a bit shriveled. What it is: A very overripe banana. Eat or toss: If you don’t see any signs of microbial
Can you eat leftover sushi?
What you see: Your leftover sushi, the next day.What it is: Day-old sushi.Eat or toss: If it was promptly refrigerated, the risk is unlikely to have risen much
Black around center of banana
What you see: A banana with a very dark center.What it is: Most likely a stressed banana that’s still holding it together.Eat or toss: If it looks normal, but
What happened when I tried jars and other berry storage hacks
The social media posts haunted me. They featured photos of bright berries and grapes stacked in darling Mason jars, or cutesy illustrations of jars packed with
Why are some banana peels grayish?
What you see: Your banana’s peel looks grayish and dull; it may have streaky patches of gray. What it is: Chilling injury!Eat or toss: Eat! This banana
EatOrToss on Date Labels in the Washington Post
Check out EatOrToss founder Rachael Jackson's latest piece for The Washington Post. She dives into five myths about date labels, ranging from whether you really
