“Want some GREEN GOLF BALLS?” My best friend’s Dad used to ask when we were growing up.

“Ewww… No!” We’d respond, repulsed by the very idea.

Then. One day. I tried one. A Green Golf Ball.

And I learned…

Brussels Sprouts are TASTY!

But yeah, they do involve eating strange, weird, golf-ball shaped green vegetables.  And they can be done badly.

But recently, courtesy of Whole Foods on Dale Mabry (tonight) and Ciccio’s California Cuisine (Saturday, review forthcoming), I have had me some good, green winter vegetables.  No matter what the Florida temperature outside may be.

I also find that the Green Golf Ball hold up better with red wines, compared to most vegetables.  Tonight, however, I paired the Whole Foods Brussels Sprouts with an accompanying portion of Butternut Squash Rissoto with a South African Indaba Chenin Blanc 2008.  Delectable!