Eat or Toss?

What you see: A carrot with a white core
What it is: A perfectly fine, two-toned carrot
Eat or toss: Eat! 

The story:

This carrot offers a lovely lesson in xylem and phloem tissue. As you may remember from grade school science class, the xylem (which is white in this car...

The greens atop your carrot bunches are totally edible and are great in pesto! Read on for how to spin them into nutty, herbal goodness in this guest post from Amanda Pollon (and, while you're here, check out Amanda's beautiful handmade clothing at her Etsy shop!)

In an...

What you see: A very dramatically (or not so dramatically) bent carrot
What it is: A perfectly edible carrot that hit an obstacle while it was growing
Eat or toss: Eat!
 
The story:
Carrots, as we know, tend to grow in the downward direction, sending the tip of their r...

If you live in Washington, D.C., and have looked into reducing food waste in your kitchen, you’ve probably heard of Hungry Harvest. The fresh grocery delivery service finds homes for surplus, “ugly” and otherwise rejected foods in the region. Of course, EatOrToss is al...

You know how sometimes you’re about to move to a new house and you think to yourself, “I really should use up that jar of pickle juice I saved.” And then your

What you see: A whitish film on baby carrots What it is: The carrot is drying out or the carrot was physically damaged and the white stuff was its response to