In Season: Sunchokes

Temperatures are rising, but spring vegetables are still a little ways away. Luckily, some veggies are good all year round. 

Amelia Tarpey is the Program and Publicity Manager for GrowNYC Greenmarkets. She says sunchokes are a root vegetable that are often overlooked, or confused for ginger. They're often called Jerusalem artichokes, even though they're neither from Jerusalem nor part of the artichoke family. That misnaming could be the result of what's known as "linguistic corruption," and may stem from a mispronunciation of the Italian word for sunflower, "girasole."

Right now at Greenmarkets, sunchokes are going for about $3 to $5 per pound.