Harvard Beets

Although both Harvard and Yale lay claim to having created Harvard beets, we prefer the story about them being devised in the seventeenth century in an English tavern called Harwood. One of its customers, a Russian, emigrated to Boston, opened a restaurant, and mispronounced the tavern’s name when he put the beets on his menu.

In any case, this is one of America’s favorite ways to eat beets—the light dressing of vinegar and orange juice emphasizes all that deeply rooted flavor nicel