Magenta

I've discovered I love beets. As a painter I find magenta food particularly amazing to eat! Borscht, along with cabbage, potatoes, kasha, sourdough breads, and beans are my heritage foods. Although I didn't grow up eating them, I've been gravitating towards them for decades along with plain yogurt and accordion music! My Russian, Polish and Hungarian Jewish ancestors would drink clear hot tea in a glass, sipping it through sugar cubes held in their mouths! I can't help thinking these cravings are coded messages deep within me that have risen to the surface like rocks in the spring soil.