Jerusalem artichokes are a perennial vegetable that originate from North America. The plant is really simple to grow and its tubers have a sweet and nutty taste. Also often called sunchokes, it is a ...

Greg Hutchins of Heritage Farm in Carroll County just finished his first year of growing Jerusalem artichokes. These knobby tubers are also known as sunchokes, a name that was coined by Frieda’s ...

A member of the sunflower family, the Jerusalem artichoke is a tasty, funny-looking tuber. This root vegetable is also known by the names sunchoke, sunroot or earth apple. It’s believed Native ...

The young man at the supermarket checkout counter looked puzzled. "You have a lot of obscure things in here," he said, nodding at my basket. He didn't know any of the codes for such ambiguous items as ...

I recently acquired a box of these little gems called Jerusalem artichokes that look a lot like ginger root — knobby, tan and irregularly shaped. I wasn’t sure what to do with them, but I was told I ...

Here is one of my all-time favorite letters dug out of my archives. I don't believe I have ever published it: Dear Roger: You mentioned a while back that you like Jerusalem artichokes. If you need ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) is increasingly recognised not only for its resilience and adaptability to marginal lands but also for its diverse applications in the bioeconomy. As ...

Neither from Jerusalem nor an artichoke, this misunderstood native American tuber is actually a kind of sunflower, or girasole in Italian. The sunchoke, as it’s also known, is nutty, rich in iron, ...