<p>Local grower <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/2014/02/11/alex-weiser/" title="">Alex Weiser </a>stopped by the 2013 Science &amp; Food course discuss all things potatoes and parsnips. We heard all about Weiser's experimental plant varieties (<a href="http://www.laweekly.com/squidink/2010/06/04/whats-in-season-at-the-farmers-markets-pintozebra-potatoes-or-laker-bakers" title="">Laker Baker</a>, anyone?) and even learned why parsnips always taste just a little bit better in the winter. Check out the highlights: http://youtu.be/aAPEKKAGpPg </p><div class="vert-display-toggle collapsible relative flex flex-col items-center "><div class="vert-unit mt-4 mb-3 top-20"><div ad-type="mobile-desktop" class="ad-wrapper vert min-h-boombox flex items-start justify-center" data-ad-mapping="inline" data-ad-slot="Discover/inline-ad" id="div-inline-ad-0"></div></div><span aria-label="Advertisement" class="text-ad mt-1 text-[11px] uppercase">Advertisement</span></div><hr><p><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/about-us/" title=""></a></p><p> Vince C Reyes earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at UCLA. Vince loves to explore the deliciousness of all things edible. <a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/author/vincecreyes/" title=""><em>Read more by Vince Reyes</em></a></p><div data-embedid="4b651d8f-ea11-445f-9ea7-e776ca36eef3" id="insticator-embed-temp"></div><figure class="fr-image-container fr-full"><img srcset="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/8405/vincereyes1-e1378256225623-s.webp 480w, https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/8405/vincereyes1-e1378256225623-m.webp 660w" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 480px, 660px" src="https://cdn.discovermagazine.com/assets/image/8405/vincereyes1-e1378256225623-s.jpg" title="vincereyes1-e1378256225623.jpg" loading="lazy" data-id="8405"><figcaption class="fr-figcaption"><p class="fr-caption"></p></figcaption></figure><p><strong>About the author:</strong></p><hr>

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Local grower Alex Weiser stopped by the 2013 Science & Food course discuss all things potatoes and parsnips. We heard all about Weiser's experimental plant varieties (Laker Baker, anyone?) and even learned why parsnips always taste just a little bit better in the winter. Check out the highlights: http://youtu.be/aAPEKKAGpPg Vince C Reyes earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at UCLA. Vince loves to explore the deliciousness of all things edible. Read more by Vince Reyes About the author:

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