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September 2003

What’s Up, Doc? Getting to the Root of Carrots

What’s up? A surprising history for pedestrian carrots. This somewhat phallic root was considered an aphrodisiac in ancient Greek and Roman times and later prescribed for sexual and other maladies in the Middle Ages. Native to what is present-day Afghanistan, carrots’ original color was purple!


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