If you think your small backyard can only handle a handful of tomatoes or some sad lettuce leaves, think again. One ...

Kale has certainly had a moment, but it’s time to crown the new queen of the farmers market — like kale’s funny-looking cousin, kohlrabi, or perhaps one of the other funky fall vegetables on this list ...

Nature has a mischievous side — and nowhere is it clearer than in its strangest vegetables. Beyond the supermarket aisles, hidden in forgotten farms and distant markets, thrive bizarre roots, alien ...

We all have a soft spot for oddballs — think of John Malkovich, Bjork, and Bowie. But oddballs don’t just exist in Hollywood and pop music, they are also in the produce section of your grocery store ...

If you’re in a vegetable rut and tired of string beans, peas and carrots, it could be a good time to try some unusual but healthy vegetable picks this season. They can energize your dinner repertoire, ...

Walking through the farmers market this time of year is a wondrous thing: juicy tomatoes, rows of jewel-toned eggplants, fragrant basil and sweet yellow corn. But then, you see bunches of greens that ...

Summer is back and so are farmers markets. And that means a whole new chance to make friends with strange and unusual vegetables. Or to rehabilitate some old familiars. The number of farmers markets ...

Jaya Saxena is a former correspondent at Eater, and the series editor of Best American Food and Travel Writing. She explores wide ranging topics like labor, identity, and food culture. Cauliflower is ...

Attention gardeners of all ages: As you have been harvesting the produce of your labors, have any of the vegetables looked odd? Do any of your tomatoes resemble Richard Nixon? Has a Kennebec potato ...