Bicolor corn has names like Peaches and Cream or Chubby Checkers. The ears I bought last weekend at the farmers’ market are still crunchy and perfect for a summer lunch. Because that’s all I’m having, there’s Plugra melting on top.
Fans of Braveheart remember the vivid blue paint Mel Gibson and his followers wore into battle. That paint is derived from woad, a plant in the broccoli family that contains large amounts of glucobrassicin, a powerful anti-tumor compound that is especially effective against breast cancer.
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