Good Eats Season 8 Episode 17 A Taproot Orange

Carrots contain more sugar that sugar beets, but they have a far wider range of uses, going from salad to side dish to dessert effortlessly. The first black carrots date all the way back to Biblical times. Thank the Dutch for the modern orange variety, which they might have developed for political reasons, but which brings us enormous amounts of beta carotene (the orange pigment) that we can turn into Vitamin A). Alton tosses together some Carrot Slaw, takes a side trip to teach viewers how the eye works and why Vitamin A is so good for it, prepares Glazed Carrots that take their flavor from ginger ale, and finishes off with Carrot Cake for dessert. All of that, and good health from a single taproot.