What you see: A brown area inside your avocado.What it is: The avocado could have been dropped or otherwise bumped; and/or it could be infected.Eat or toss: Cut
What’s that dirty spot on your egg?
What you see: Specks of grime stuck to an egg. What it is: Chicken feces (eww), possibly also dirt or bits of the carton. Eat or toss: Eat! But use some caution
White stuff on your dates?
What you see: White patches on dates you’ve had for a while What it is: Sugar! Eat or toss: It’s just sugar. The dates will probably be harder and drier than
Brown dots or streaks in your avocado?
What you see: Brown and black streaks or dots in avocado flesh. What it is: Vascular browning! Mmmm! Eat or toss? The avocado is edible, but may not taste as
Why some apples are mushy & mealy (and how to save them!)
What you see/experience: An apple with an icky, sandy texture; it’s mealy. What it is: A mealy apple! It's been stored for a while and lost some of its moisture
Odd spots inside sweet potato?
What you see: Discolored, dry-looking patches in sweet potato flesh, more toward the outside than the inside. The exterior of the sweet potato probably looks
“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
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
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! Here's
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
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
