Classic Creamy Carrot Soup

Roasted carrots, simmered carrots, and carrot juice bring forth sweetness.

Spicy Carrot and Ginger Soup With Harissa

A creamy carrot soup flavored with cumin, ginger, and spicy North African harissa paste, with a toasted almond and parsley garnish.

Carrot Salad With Yogurt, Ghee, and Barberry Dressing

This simple fall salad dresses up shaved and pickled carrot with perky barberries and warm spiced ghee.

Chilled Carrots With Tahini-Ginger Dressing

It's easy to look past carrots when the farmers market is overflowing with tomatoes and corn, but don't: They're in season this time of year too, and are deserving of a spot on the summertime table. Here, beautiful sweet carrots are lightly cooked, then tossed in a flavorful dressing that's rich with ginger, cilantro, lemon, and just a touch of tahini.

Easy 30-Minute Red Lentil Soup With Curry Yogurt

A quick and easy lentil soup flavored with a tangy curry yogurt.

Moroccan-Style Spicy Carrot Dip

[Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Spicy, pungent harissa and briny olives balance the sweetness of puréed glazed carrots. Note: Harissa is a Tunisian spice pasted made from piri-piri peppers. It can be found in cans or bottles in most major supermarkets...

Scooped: Carrot Halvah Ice Cream

Carrots may sound like an odd dessert ingredient, but they're certainly not just health food. They're starchy and sweet, and when cooked down slowly with milk, practically become candy on their own. Consider them an alternative sweetener, like honey, but with an even more complex sweetness. In a dessert, carrots can build a mild but flavorful base for more intense ingredients to play. Our result is something of a hybrid between Indian and Middle Eastern halvah.

Carrot Raita

A variation on raita, the yogurt-based condiment, that showcases the transformative power of tadka, a technique used to infuse oils and fats with flavor, texture, and spice.

Dinner Tonight: Carrot Vichyssoise

The point of vichyssoise is the simplicity: a puree of potato, cream, stock provide the soup's body to showcase whichever vegetable is at hand. The addition of carrot gives it a beautiful color and sweetness; the result is basically essence of carrot in soup form.

Creamy Spiced Parsnip Soup

Parsnips are one of my favorite root vegetables. They're intensely sweet and earthy, but on their own they can be a little bland. The key to turning them into a creamy soup with a clean, pure flavor is to reach for some unexpected aromatics that both complement and contrast, like jalapeño, ginger, and coriander seed.