Collard greens, Brassica oleracea family. Photo: Margarita Persico Collard greens are a staple food of the Southern U.S. cuisine, which explains why I neither saw nor heard of them while growing up in New York City. The closes thing to collard greens on my plate was cabbage. Later on when I was in my 20s and an expatriate in Brazil I saw for the first time those greens, though they never ended up in my shopping . . . → Read More: Collard Greens – Soul Food Collard Greens – Soul Food
