Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Clean and cut turnips into roughly equal-size pieces. Here are a few tips about preparing turnips, rutabagas and parsnips. Add turnips to boil ...

Do we expect too much of the potato? We gather potatoes from the ground where they emerge looking like rocks. And yet, once in the kitchen, we fully expect the potato to undergo a magical conversion, ...

As a kid I never much cared for parsnips. My dad was wild about them, but I was unmoved, figuring that if they were white and ended in “-nip,” they must somehow be related to turnips. And I was ...

Potatoes. I love them ... in curries, fried in the French style, roasted. Hash browned, preferably cooked in bacon fat or poached in soups and stews. They're at their best mashed. And by mashed, I ...

Root vegetables are synonymous with fall — well, some of them anyway. Carrots, sweet potatoes and beets get the most love and adoration. But what about some dark horses? I’m talking about turnips, ...