The tops and roots may end up in different dishes, but both pack some potent nutrients Choose smaller turnips as larger ones can be woody. By Sally Wadyka In the hierarchy of root vegetables, turnips ...

Turnips are usually prepared in potato-like ways — boiled and mashed, creamed, roasted whole, gratinée — but these small, red-on-the-outside “salad turnips,” currently wrapping up their local season, ...