Small raw leaves can be added whole to salads or cooked dishes.
The price for 100 pounds of raw leaves, more than $60 last summer, fell below $20, considerably less than the cost of production.
Stepped-up police harassment of the middlemen who purchase raw leaves would depress the price even further.
However, the amount of coca alkaloid in the raw leaves is small.
I don't have a slot for raw leaves.
The raw leaves of young endives and chicories bring biting accents to winter salads.
The leaves must be cooked before being eaten, as the raw leaves are toxic.
To start, there is carciofo pinzimonio, a delicious plate of raw leaves that are dipped into oil and salt.
But with the price of raw leaf holding up, the program sputtered.
With the cocaine market in chaos, the middlemen stopped buying raw leaves and the price plunged to $12 per 100 pounds.