They can be sauteed or turned into french fries, soup or pickles. They’re tasty roasted, boiled and mashed. They aren’t potatoes. They’re Jerusalem artichoke tubers, and any way you slice them, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hand holding harvested Jerusalem artichokes Jerusalem artichokes are a perennial vegetable that originate from North America. The ...

Seed catalogs like to “toot” their horn, butt …. Like me, are you looking for something new to grow this year? Be sure you know what you’re getting, and what you’re getting into! Gobbling up my most ...

When most of us think of artichokes, we think of the green scaly immature flower buds that can be found in the produce aisle at the grocery store. However, Jerusalem artichokes (Helianthus tuberosus), ...

CANTON Jerusalem artichokes aren't artichokes and they don’t come from Jerusalem. So, what are those knobby lumps with the exotic name? First, Jerusalem artichokes are a tuber of a plant related to ...

Check the scientific name of a Jerusalem artichoke and you’ll see it’s not related to the edible blossom of a thistle that’s steamed whole and eaten, leaf by leaf. That artichoke is Cynara scolymus, ...

One of the enduring lessons of gardening life is to remember the recommendations of other gardeners. More than a year ago, musician and edible gardening consultant Lauri Krantz told me that she was ...

Jerusalem artichokes tend to divide people. To some they are the devil’s work, whereas others can’t get enough, particularly at this time of year, when the tubers have been mellowed and sweetened by ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Together with some celery, carrots, apples and walnuts, Jerusalem artichoke makes for a great salad. Bernd Diekjobst/dpa Tired of ...