During the heyday of the Silk Road, dried rhubarb root was at times more expensive than cinnamon or opium. Marco Polo went searching in northwest China for specimens that could thrive in Europe. A powerful laxative, rhubarb was a medicine long before it was a food. Half a century after Polo, the Spanish ambassador to […]
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The Rhubarb Awakens
It’s just starting to pop up in Central Oregon gardens. Here’s how to use it, beyond dessert
