I bake a lot of pies (and I'm very picky about the crust) - I've been using Spectrum for the last year, with good results! I've found it needs to be allowed to soften slightly in order to cut into ...

beets and watermelon

ditto. pee is mostly nitrogenous waste and salts. it's certainly no more toxic than most of the things people use to clean their bathrooms.

awesome

pick me pick me

I'd go with teak or darker (and I agree about avoiding black or white). It would look nice to accent with several shades of slate blue/grey.

I looked at the shot and immediately thought 'yellow'. A goldenrod orange-y yellow? Whatever hue you choose, I'd go with a high value color.