Pomegranates

In the 70's when we were collecting Time Life's Foods of the World series, the book on Middle East cooking arrived. An open pomegranate on a silver platter graced the cover. So exotic!!! There were no pomegranates in my grocery store back then. Now my WholeFoods market has pomegranates the size of softballs. EatingWell has a wonderful recipe using this fruit - a barley, wild rice pilaf with pomegranate seeds. In Diana Kennedy's book, The Cuisines of Mexico, there is a salad which consists of small poblano peppers stuffed with avocado and served on a bed of lettuce leaves decorated with pomegranate seeds. It is delicious!