"Every time I'm in Safeway and see yellow watermelons and blue potatoes and purple syrup and pink butter, I am reminded of how much our impressions of food are "colored" by tradition and familiarity." -- Carolly Yes, indeed. I do some shopping at Berkeley Bowl and other places that carry items like fractal broccoli, black radishes, and such. I did a rice and beans dish once using black beans and black rice. Very gothic (one of Fritz Leiber's stories had a banquet table of all black foods; he had fun figuring out all the items). And at a Thai eatery there was a wall poster of a fruit basket with dozens of types of fruit. I recognized three of them. -- Don