For the past decade Rosalie Kline has been making ube-flavored pastries out of her kitchen in Peoria. She sells ube buchi, sesame balls filled with ube paste, ube bread, sticky ube rice cake and more.

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We eat with our eyes first. Some of the best dishes can make your mouth water just from their vibrant colors. But some darker hues like blue, black and purple — which occur less often in natural ...