Clear your cupboard, empty your fridges and rejig your pantries, because a new superfood is in town and people are lapping it up by the bucketload. Chayote (pronounced 'chocho') is a pale-green, ...

From acai and goji berries to yogurt and fish, the superfoods list only continues to grow year after year. And this year is no exception. Introducing the versatile superfruit: the chayote. After ...

For this delicious recipe, chef Daniel Boulud quickly cooks scallop slices, then serves them with a rich, tangy avocado-tomatillo sauce and Indian-spiced hearts of palm (we substitute chayote, which ...

Chayote, also called pear squash, pipinola and sayote, is considered a fruit because of its seed but is treated like a squash. Below is a recipe that uses chayote in a chicken soup. >> Note: Place raw ...

Unless you're familiar with them, at first glance you might mistake chayotes for pears. In fact, one of the many names for this pale green member of the squash family is vegetable pear (though, like ...

Chayote squash has just the right texture for shredding into a crunchy and refreshing slaw that’s great by itself, piled onto a barbecue sandwich or folded into a meaty taco. Instructions: Shred the ...

This variation of traditional kkakdugi kimchi replaces Korean radish with chayote, which is just as crunchy but with a little added sweetness. Chayote kimchi works well as a crisp and spicy side dish.

Ask cookbook author Lesley Tellez, a Southern Californian now living in New York, about her taste memories from the four years she lived in Mexico City, and they come tumbling out like sweets from a ...

The term Colombian Exchange was first used in 1972 by American historian and professor Alfred W. Crosby in his environmental history book of the same name. It has now become a widely used term by ...

Dear Neighbors: Does anyone have the recipe for Lawry’s restaurant cream horseradish sauce? It’s the best on the planet! If you’ve been there then you know what I’m talking about. D.R. of Newport ...