Local chard has been available through the winter at the Oxford Farmer’s Market. Chard is here year-round perhaps because the plant produces multiple crops. Chard is often grouped with kale. Both are ...

Here on The Cutting Board, if you're unfamiliar with it, we find simple, delicious ways to prepare food, mostly vegetables. And I like to think I know my way around the kitchen. I mean, my boss even ...

Also called rainbow chard or Swiss chard, chard is a relative of the beet and the greens of chard look really similar to beet greens. Unlike beets, you won't find the root of chard for sale at the ...

Chard is never sweeter, more succulent or more robust in texture than right now, when cold weather has set in. Although we find chard in our markets throughout the year, this leafy vegetable is never ...

Swiss chard is popular in Mediterranean dishes. Both the leaves and the colorful stems are used in this recipe. It is high in vitamin A, C, K and many minerals. The flavor is enhanced with the dried ...

Farmers are just as interested in growing something new as we are in trying out a delicious new vegetable. Linda Scharko of Scharko Farms says she waited two months to get her hands on the seeds for ...

1. Have on hand a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. 2. In a heavy-based saucepan, combine the rice, water, and a generous pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, and cover the pan. Simmer for 15 ...

This week's look at what's new, bountiful or even mysterious in the produce aisles. Chard, commonly known as Swiss chard, is perhaps the star among "leafy greens," that collection of nutritional ...

You have probably seen bunches of Swiss chard in the produce section of your supermarket — usually next to spinach and kale — and didn’t know how it differs from other greens. Chard is softer and ...