A parsnip is like a pasty-faced, overweight carrot, ancient and unrefined. The difference is hardly one of pedigree: The carrot began as the skinny white root of the Queen Anne's lace plant ...

Parsnips might look like pale carrots, but they're a nutrient-packed root vegetable with a touch of spice, nuttiness, and sweetness. These vegetables can vary in color from white to cream to pale ...

But, are you as well versed with carrots' pale, slightly spicy cousin, the parsnip, and could you define how the two differ? For most of us, the answer is a resounding nope. To unpack why one's so ...

This is about as easy as a side dish gets. Parsnips are really delicious and so underappreciated. My friend Julianna Margulies served us a simple parsnip purée that I became obsessed with.