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Karen Man, the former co-owner and pastry chef of the renowned but-now-shuttered Oxheart restaurant, walked into my house one morning recently for a cup of chai. She also brought with her a small ...

Green beans that grow a yard long and also come in purple; melons that look like spiny cucumbers and when ripe turn bright orange, with huge pomegranate-red seeds; squash that can be eaten like ...

As its name promises, bitter melon is very bitter. Angela Dimayuga salts it to tame its bitterness and pairs it raw with tart, crisp green tomato. This dish is too intense to eat on its own; it serves ...