Quotes from Rebecca Rupp

Beets, they claim, taste like dirt. And they do, actually, although most beet aficionados prefer the term "earthy.

Medicinally, cabbage eating was said to prevent drunkenness or at least to alleviate hangovers, both recurrent Roman problems; it was also the vegetable of choice for curing colic, paralysis, and the plague.

Historically, kale has been a more popular food for livestock than for people, though for both it is notably nutritious

It's just hard that moving on sometimes means leaving people behind.

local eating calls for more ingenuity and self-sacrifice in some places than in others.

Eco argues that the upswing in population size, energy, intellect, and the economy all derived from a new crop. It was in the tenth century that Europeans began the widespread cultivation of beans.

vegetable eating traditionally has been considered far better for the good of the soul.