Slices of roasted yellow beets, as sweet as sugar, sandwich cheese wrapped in prosciutto.

We had a moist fillet of slow-roasted halibut, surrounded by yellow and red beets and grapefruit and orange segments.

A layering of red and yellow beets with goat cheese and a mâche topknot was also a standout.

Deftly roasted halibut comes over sweet rhubarb, red onions and mustard seeds, with braised ramps and little yellow beets on the side.

I couldn't summon much excitement for the country pâté or the red and yellow beets, either.

There are 17, including familiar ones like yellow beets, fava beans, sweet peas and purple scallions, and many that are an utter mystery.

The asparagus salad was equally simple and equally good, the main ingredient bolstered by grilled fennel and red and yellow beets.

Matthew had a gently peppered lobster bisque and grilled rare venison with yellow beets and a mustard tarragon oil.

Roasted red and yellow beets, however, tasted sweet with a wonderfully concentrated beet taste.

Ours also included very welcome lump crab meat and cubes of red and yellow beets, not listed on the menu.