Jerusalem artichokes were, along with potatoes, among the first native American plants to be introduced in Europe. Although potatoes soon eclipsed them in popularity, Jerusalem artichokes are still ...

Our valley was almost completely fogged in the morning I wrote this column. In weather like we’ve been having the cold air sinks down at night and cools the area near the ground, especially when there ...

I have been coveting my neighbor’s Jerusalem artichokes. Members of the sunflower family, they fill a sunny part of her yard bounded by an old stone wall. They’re beautiful; bright yellow, tall and ...

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is an herbaceous perennial in the sunflower family. Do not be confused as the plant has no direct association with Jerusalem. The artichoke portion of ...

Don’t think of them as artichokes at all. They’re not green, they’re nubby instead of prickly and they can’t be stuffed with breadcrumbs and butter and garlic. Well, okay, I’m sure you could, but that ...

The tubers I had planted in the ground last year threw up shoots that grew like Jack’s beanstalk, some almost as tall as the house. This month I harvested the new tubers and I roasted them to make a ...

Take a good look at these flowers. Aren’t they glorious? They’ve lit up my country garden since the start of September — great clouds of eye-popping chrome yellow, waving to and fro in the wind, ...

When you want to serve an unusual dish from the microwave oven, consider a relatively unknown vegetable such as Jerusalem artichokes. A species of sunflower that produces underground tubers, the ...

My cold-weather comfort food is any root vegetable roasted, sautéed or mashed. Carrots, beets and sweet potatoes get the most attention. However, it was a recent purchase of Jerusalem artichokes from ...

Artichokes are an interesting flowerlike but prickly vegetable. Also known as globe artichokes, they are really the bud of a large plant from the thistle family. If it is left on the plant, the bud ...

Jerusalem artichokes were, along with potatoes, among the first native American plants to be introduced in Europe. Although potatoes soon eclipsed them in popularity, Jerusalem artichokes are still ...