Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have a soft spot for oddballs — think of John Malkovich, Bjork, and Bowie. But oddballs don’t just exist in Hollywood and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Image Credits: Shutterstock/Markus Mainka. Home gardening is becoming more experimental, with many people trying their hand at growing unusual or exotic vegetables they’ve never eaten before. This ...

Sarah Whitty displays a giant cabbage she grew in her Veazie garden. Tending to the needs of unusual vegetables like these giant varieties has made her a much better gardener, she said. Credit: ...

This is the season for studying those seed catalogs and planning what to do in the garden this summer. It’s easy to get into a rut. Plant Big Boy tomatoes, Kennebec potatoes, Bolero carrots and black ...

In his book The Chef’s Garden: A Modern Guide to Common and Unusual Vegetables with Recipes Farmer Lee Jones recounts the history of the farm and provides a guide to, and recipes for, unusual and ...

If you're like Jenny Hardman you probably have your favorite fruits and veggies and you grab them each time at the grocery store, rarely trying new things. Have you tried papaya, pomelo, star fruit, ...