Spring is rhubarb season - but, especially in the U.S., this special stalk is often overlooked. You may have only had it in a strawberry and rhubarb pie, if at all. Even many people who enjoy eating ...

"Rhubarb!" It's one of those foods, like bananas or kumquats, that has an inherently funny name. It sounds like it would be a mild slur in the Land of Oz. And just look at those bright reddish-pink ...

When a homesteader/website developer I know posted on Facebook that he had too much rhubarb and was looking to give some away, I was among the few who volunteered to take some off his family’s hands.

Eating by the season is often suggested as a way to assure nutritional adequacy. Others suggest choosing deeply pigmented foods and “eating the rainbow” for best health. Eating locally can also be ...

Learning how to eat rhubarb is one of the greatest culinary pleasures of springtime and should top every home cook's must-do list. Sure, other seasonal vegetables, like leeks, fava beans, and ...

I was never a rhubarb fan growing up. The only way I would suffer through the strong sour taste was when my very Minnesotan grandmother would make strawberry rhubarb refrigerator jam using strawberry ...

Asparagus tends to get the spotlight in early to late spring because it's one of the first fresh vegetables to make an appearance after the doldrums of winter. But now that it's May, another long ...

In the last week alone, I’ve had at least half a dozen press releases land in my inbox hailing Barbie-pink rhubarb as the ‘next big thing’ in food thanks to a huge explosion in demand. Unlike the tart ...

FARGO — The tale comes along every spring that a frost can make your rhubarb turn toxic. North Dakota State University Extension horticulturist Don Kinzler said this is, in part, true. The leaves of ...

Rhubarb pushing through the cold earth is one of the first signs of spring. Eating rhubarb is one of the first joys that come when longer days turn winter to spring and spring to summer. Lucky for us, ...

After a spring frost, the University of Illinois Extension often gets questions about whether rhubarb and asparagus are safe to eat. The answer is that rhubarb should not be harvested when the leaves ...