Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These three methods for cooking beets are straightforward, low on prep work, and extremely forgiving. Especially if you’re boiling ...

It caramelizes the sugars in the beets, giving them a sweeter and more concentrated flavor.

Even for vegetable lovers, beets can be a hard sell. Beets are one of those love-'em-or-hate-'em vegetables, with strong opinions on both sides. As beets come into their peak season from late summer ...

Beet borscht isn't considered sexy, but beets weren't considered a delicacy, either, until a few years ago. Then they started showing up in trendy salads, soups and side dishes, and in every color -- ...

These beet deviled eggs are a vibrant twist on a classic appetizer. Hard-boiled eggs soak in a tangy beet brine with bay ...

You just can't "beet" it.

Several years ago, I was talking to my then-boss's boss about what I should add to my dinner plate that night. Paula Dempsey, head research librarian at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asked me ...

Beets can be so divisive. Some people love them. And other people are wrong. For a long time, I was persuaded by the notion that the latter were good, well-intentioned folks who we just truly scarred ...