This weekend’s read is about
Turnips
These fleshy yellow or white root vegetables have been known for a long long time (at least since 10,000BC).  The Greeks and Romans subjected the turnip to long slow cooking then pounded it together with honey, vinegar, grapes, and oil. It was also a popular vegetable in Britain and France, especially [...]

We are starting a new PassiFlora blog feature: Weekend Read which will bring back the most interesting articles from previous issues of the magazine. Today’s Weekend Read is about Parsnips - root vegetables that could be easily used in place of carrots.
Parsnips, close relatives of carrots, were grown by the Greeks, enjoyed in the [...]