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- <title>
- May 28, 1990: Business Notes:Vegetables
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- May 28, 1990 Emergency!
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 53
- Business Notes
- VEGETABLES
- Bitter Flavor, Sweet Profits
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Bored with broccoli? Sick of spinach? Can't cope with any
- more kale? For diners with vegetable ennui, a trendy
- alternative is broccoli rabe, an Italian staple that is
- catching on with a wider audience. Broccoli rabe (usually
- pronounced rob) is high in vitamins A and C, potassium and
- fiber. All its parts--stem, leaf and flower--are edible and
- have a distinctive, mildly bitter flavor. Most chefs serve it
- as a side dish, cooked with oil and garlic or tossed with
- pasta. Says Scott Whitman, sous-chef at San Francisco's Fog City
- Diner: "Everyone is more interested in unique foods. Standard
- broccoli has become too a la truck stop."
- </p>
- <p> D'Arrigo Bros. of Salinas, Calif., which claims to be the
- world's largest producer of the vegetable, has boosted its
- plantings 40% since 1985. As a specialty vegetable, rabe
- fetches the dear price of $27 per 20-lb. box at wholesale, vs.
- $8 for regular broccoli.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
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