What you see: Discolored, dry-looking patches and/or brown spots in sweet potato flesh, more toward the outside than the inside. The exterior of the sweet
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“Golden” raisins turned brown?
What you see: Your golden raisins are brown What it is: Raisins that either weren’t properly treated or were kept too warm; either could cause them to brown Eat
Cracked open plums
What you see: A plum whose skin has split open, exposing its soft, wet interior.What it is: A cracked plum!Eat or toss: Probably a toss. Something problematic
Is it safe to eat a dented, cracked egg?
What you see: A dented, cracked egg; its contents may or may not appear to have spilled out. What it is: The dent suggests that both the shell and the egg's
Can you eat sprouted sweet potatoes?
What you see: Purple sprouts and stalks emerging from your sweet potato. What it is: A sprouting sweet potato. Eat or toss: Eat! A sweet potato with a small
Weirdly fluffy sage
What you see: Dried sage that looks oddly fluffy What it is: Rubbed sage, which is made by literally rubbing and sieving sage to a fluffy consistency Eat or
Too many cookies is a recipe for cookie truffles
Overwhelmed with holiday cookies? Did your latest baking experiment yield less than amazing results? Contemplating some store-bought cookies on the verge of
Onion filled with tiny sprouts?
What you see: Tiny whitish, yellowish onion things falling out of your onionWhat it is: The onion is sprouting!Eat or toss: Eat! Why does this red onion have
Freezer fail: Did these items warm up too much to be safe?
If you discover that your freezer has been open for 10 long, warm, tragic hours, how do you decide what’s still safe to eat and what definitely needs to be
A hole with a “window” in your spinach?
What you see: A spinach leaf with a hole that’s not quite a hole; there's a layer of clear tissue remaining. What it is: Window-paning! Evidence of a picky
An onion with green skin
What you see: Just below the papery outer layer, the onion is green. What it is: Most likely, this onion got a little too much sun. Eat or toss? Eat! There's a
Minimizing risk & maintaining sanity while grocery shopping amid COVID-19
Editor's note: Interviews for this story were conducted in March 2020, and, unless otherwise specified, most sources cited were published in the past month.
Black pattern inside a raw potato?
What you see: A black pattern inside your potato. What it is: A number of issues cause black areas to form in potatoes; the potato pictured above most likely
Coronavirus and COVID-19: Is it safe to order from restaurants? Is takeout or delivery better?
Editor's note: As the novel coronavirus has turned our society upside down, we've all had a number of questions about eating safely while minimizing exposure.
Harper Macaw’s bean-to-bar chocolate and cacao husk tea are the sustainable treats we need right now
Sourcing beans from Brazil, Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, Harper Macaw has been making bean-to-bar chocolate in Washington, DC since 2015. Named for the
White thing stuck to your kale leaf
What you see: A white capsule on the underside of your kale leaf. What it is: The cocoon of a pupating insect. Eat or toss: Flick off the cocoon, give the