Turnips

What to cook for St. Patrick's Day?

2013-03-14 09:00:00

What to cook for St. Patrick's Day? I was stumped. That's why I checked in with Colman Andrews, editorial director of The Daily Meal and author most recently of "The Country Cooking of Ireland" (Chronicle Books, 2009, $50). Andrews, who grew up in Los...

Test Kitchen tips: Makeshift lids for pots and pans

2013-03-01 07:00:00

SouNo matter how hard you try, you can never be prepared for everything that might go on in a kitchen. And when something takes you by surprise, you have to think quickly. We've compiled a few random quick tips that might help you out if you find...

Recipe: Couscous with seven blessed vegetables

2012-09-15 00:00:00

Couscous with seven blessed vegetables Total time: 3 hours, 45 minutes (plus 2� hours cooking time for the dried chickpeas if using) Servings: 6 Note: This recipe includes vegetables baked with sugar and cinnamon. They can be served as an appetizer for...

The Review: Papilles

2012-02-23 00:00:00

When food lovers head to Paris these days, the savvier bypass the Michelin-starred restaurants entirely and seek out the small, sometimes funky bistros where passionate young cooks are turning out wonderful food at affordable prices. Spaces — and...

Valentine's Day dining guide

2012-02-01 16:33:19

Root vegetable love

2011-11-08 16:33:10

People's Garden at Woodrow Wilson High School: Sowing seeds in a food desert

2011-06-15 16:34:06

Beet poetry

2011-02-10 00:00:00

My paternal bloodline brims with soup: barley stews studded with black mushrooms and opaque as porridge; the thin tomato broth of our Polish Christmas Eve vigil, swimming with dumplings no bigger than a bird's eye; and the plain, milky, peasant...

Recipe: Meal-in-a-pot (Puchero)

2011-03-02 00:00:00

� Meal-in-a-pot (Puchero) Total time: 1 hour, 50 minutes Servings: 4, plus additional broth -------------------- Our recipes, your kitchen: If you try any of the L.A. Times Test Kitchen recipes from this week's Food section, please share it with us:...

Beet poetry with borscht

2011-02-10 00:00:00

Recipe: Ukrainian borscht with caraway dumplings

2011-02-10 00:00:00

� Ukrainian borscht with caraway dumplings Total time: 3 hours Servings: 12 Note: Garnish each serving of the soup with a little sour cream and a sprinkling of dill. Kvass, a fermented beverage, is usually available at Central and Eastern European...

Recipe: Spiced mushroom borscht

2011-02-10 00:00:00

� Spiced mushroom borscht Total time: 2 hours Servings: 12 Note: This recipe requires cheesecloth and butchers twine to make a sachet. -------------------- Our recipes, your kitchen: If you try this or any other recipe from the L.A. Times Test...

Tanner and Madison Graham hold turnips that they grew in their Grandfather Denny Moats� garden in Clear Spring.

2013-02-20 08:47:00

Keegan Everson of Clear Spring planted seeds in his food plot, which produced this 7-pound turnip, which measured 23 1/4-inch in circumference. He recycled it back for the wildlife.

2012-12-05 08:06:00

Turnip roots can be served in many dishes as potatoes would be used, such as in this au gratin.

2012-11-27 00:00:00