We have a confession to make: When temperatures start to drop, we spend a few minutes mourning the end of rosé cocktails and crunchy salads before getting very excited for an excuse to stay indoors ...

The Swiss botanist Gaspard Bauhin was born in Basel in 1560, and he dedicated his life to obsessively cataloguing the vegetable world. To present-day historians, he’s notable primarily for his ...

Often confused with purple-topped turnips, rutabagas are similar but, according to some (this writer, for one), much tastier. Rutabagas are sweeter than their turnip cousins, with a creamier ...

If you've never heard of rutabagas before, don't fret, you're probably not the only one! The rutabaga (also known as "swede" or "Swedish turnip") is basically a large, round, yellow-fleshed root ...

The first time I tasted rutabaga—or so I thought—was when I started spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with my fiancé's family. Bowls of mashed rutabaga, seasoned with salt and pepper and a little ...

The rutabaga is another vegetable I never ate as a child. Growing up in California and Florida, we ate plenty of green beans, tomatoes and squash, and a green salad was served at every meal. True to ...

In Season explores the lowly root veggie, the rutabaga. This much-maligned member of the cabbage family is at its sweetest and best in winter. Alas, the poor rutabaga. Of all root crops, it’s the ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Ben Hasty holds a rutabaga at the Thistle Pig in South Berwick. Photo by ...