Tender Greens

America tries to eat its vegetables, so the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak has put everyone from Caesar salad fans to those who barely tolerate a splash of greens in a taco on high alert. But how did these seemingly innocent little leaves turn hazardous? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tallied 40 cases in 16 states stemming from the romaine lettuce grown in the Salinas, California, region, including 28 hospitalizations.  We've […]