I made some carrot soup. It has a slightly bitter after taste. Why is that, and can I fix this? [more inside]
posted by Omnomnom on Feb 5, 2013 - 18 answers

I clogged the toilet with a 6" piece of carrot. (Yes, that was dumb.) Anything I should try before calling the plumber? [more inside]
posted by d. z. wang on Aug 27, 2010 - 20 answers

I was just idly googling for "meatloaf leek" trying to find a recipe to make for dinner, when I found this stock photo. FANCY! Unfortunately I can't find a recipe for it at all. How would you go about making something like that? [more inside]
posted by web-goddess on Jul 28, 2009 - 6 answers

I got a boatload of carrots from our farm pick-up today. Aside from eating them as-is or making carrot muffins or cake, all worthy uses, I'd like a recipe for cooking them into a side dish. The catch - I've never liked cooked carrots much. Do you have a recipe for something carrot-y that is so divine that I could never not eat it? Please share.
posted by missuswayne on Nov 8, 2008 - 40 answers

What's your favourite pickle recipe, and why? And what advice can you offer to a novice pickler? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul 3, 2008 - 17 answers

Martha Stewart prepared a soup base using only carrots, celery and onion and then she said there was a French phrase for this method but I couldn't catch it.
posted by cda on Feb 1, 2008 - 11 answers

What in G-d's name am I going to do with ten pounds of carrots? [more inside]
posted by ITheCosmos on Jan 20, 2006 - 41 answers

In an interview in The Comics Journal, Dirk Deppy is talking about surrealism with Flaming Carrot author Bob Burden, when suddenly a remembered moment from a public television Japanese Noh Drama documentary leaps off the page... [more inside]
posted by felix on May 26, 2005 - 1 answer