The stalk of the heart of palm is layered with immature leaves. Daniel Lane photo
My friends from Colorado are visiting Kauai for the first time. The other day I asked them if they knew what heart of palm is. The gave their heads a confident shake in the affirmative, but when it came to details I got a blank stare from one, and “Fruit?” from the other. Most for of us, including me, can’t visualize the plant that it comes from.
Of course, most of us have heard of it, maybe even put it on our plate at the salad bar. Typically, it’s the canned version, which is a flaccid representation of the fresh version.
