These delicious recipes are just the beginning of the wonderful things you can do with the planet’s most exuberantly hued root. Few foods are as instantly festive as the earthy-sweet, richly hued beet ...

Beets come in all shapes and sized, from dark red and pink striped to light orange and everything in between. We used a bunch of gorgeous organic Chioggia beets from the farmer’s market. Chioggia ...

Of all the creative ways to use hard-boiled eggs, perhaps the most colorful is to pickle them in beet juice. Not only does beet juice dye the whites of hard-boiled eggs a beautiful bright pink, but it ...

3 to 5 pounds fresh whole beets, about 3 inches in diameter, washed 2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups white vinegar 1. Place beets in large pot; cover with water. Cook 30 minutes or until fork-tender.

Apparently I’m not just a suggestible eater, but I’m a suggestible cook as well. Last week I answered an Ask Evan question about what to do with pickled eggs. I became so intrigued with the idea of ...

The summer of 2016 will certainly be remembered as a strange stretch of weather for all of the dedicated farmers growing crops. The recent rain and extreme humidity has trigged our farm asparagus ...

Throughout the summer, Extension educators received many calls concerning problems with canning red beets. Many people seem confused about canning plain beets in water versus pickled beets canned in a ...

Take a boring hard-boiled egg and turn it a beautiful shade of magenta — while at the same time imparting a sweet tangy flavor. That’s the beauty of pickled red beet eggs, a favorite and familiar ...

Mehr Singh is a food and culture reporter based in New York. Her work appears in Bon Appétit, Food52, and other publications. If you’re the kind of person who finishes a jar of pickles and finds ...