If you've ever spotted cream-colored carrots at the grocery store, there's a good chance you've actually found parsnips. This root vegetable looks similar to carrots in shape and size but is quite ...

As the weather grows cooler, the root vegetables of winter are starting to sweeten. As the weather grows cooler, the root vegetables of winter are starting to sweeten. How to describe that ineffable ...

The end of the growing season is upon us (for the most part), but we’ve had a good run. I can’t tell you a time where I was picking tomatoes or peppers from my home garden in mid-October. But November ...

KNOW YOUR ROOTSChef Raymond advises choosing carefully when you buy root vegetables at the market. They should be firm with a heavy weight for their size and no blemishes, he says. “Don’t choose ...

Parsnips -- along with other vegetables that grow underground such as beets, sweet potatoes and turnips -- evoke thoughts of autumn and root cellars. But spring is when this carrot-shaped root really ...

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A sweet tender treat awaits my taste buds whenever I prepare parsnips. Parsnips are truly one of my favorite vegetables that I first enjoyed as a young child. Growing up on a farm in central Maine, my ...

I didn't grow up eating parsnips, so the first time I tasted them — pan-roasted and glazed with chile spike — I was hooked. They looked exotic, like a carrot crossed with a chestnut, slightly nutty, ...

If any vegetable could have a split personality, it would surely be the parsnip. The root vegetable brought to America in the 17th century looks like a pale carrot and gets such varied reactions from ...