Jerusalem artichokes

I just learned these guys are called Jerusalem artichokes; they are apparently super modern right now and are also nicknamed fartichokes. That last part makes me very happy. I just bought them because they have a funny name in Dutch (aardperen, dirt/ground pears; potatoes are aardappelen, dirt/ground apples, like in French) and totally look like […]

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Beige. There’s a non-color if there ever was one. It can pretend to be a real color by masquerading as “creme” or “custard,” but we all know it’s really just a pale brown. Nobody has heard of Kieslowski’s Beige. He kept to real colors: blue, white, and red. Mix red and white and you get […]

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