Word: jicamas
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...this is probably not the place for you.) But if you don’t mind the raucous atmosphere and shop judiciously, rare fruits and vegetables will be your reward. The selection of South American and Latin American goodies is particularly fresh. You can find jicama, fist-sized pineapples and bags of multi-colored Habernero peppers with enough heat to stun a yak—or maybe just that indecorous vendor two stalls back...
...kind of wilderness man who will throw an old quilt his grandmother stuffed with genuine animal hair in the back of his vintage Ford pick-up (stick shift, ladies, not automatic) and drive you to a remote hilltop were you’ll feast on wild berries and jicama...
...Clyde Sommers, a Star Market produce veteran, has had a lot of experience with shelf life and death. His personal recommendation for dorm-room shelves is the jicama. "It's like a potato inside. You can eat it like a mini carrot, and dip it in things." Other non-perishable fresh foods tend to be roots with dense textures, including the yucca, celery root and horseradish...
...venison to the traditional steak--but each dish is a meal in itself. The kitchen really doesn't leave much up to the individual diner, although requests are honored as often as possible. You have to like your fish as well as your Grapefruit BBQ sauce, Moro Rice and Jicama Shrimp (but chances are you will). It's evident that the chefs in this exotic kitchen know how to combine their dressings and vegetables and sides to create a well blended, flavorful and satisfying meal. You just have to trust their judgment. It would be a shame to ask them...
...pioneered the food revolution. At first, old food fogeys like myself mocked them for their balsamic vinegar and sun-dried tomatoes, but secretly we hid our Hamburger Helper in the back of the cupboard and dumped the Crisco out. In dizzying succession, the yuppies hit us with the jicama, the kiwi, the leek and the miniature eggplant. By the end of the 1980s, thanks to their heroic efforts, every Midwestern town sported a fern- filled "Maude's" or "Davio's" offering white chocolate mousse and blackened fish. For those who could afford to eat fashionably, dinner replaced the theater...