It’s hard to write about sunchokes without mentioning two things: the name is confusing, and they can cause embarrassing gas. So let’s get those two topics out of the way. First of all, sunchokes are also known as Jerusalem artichokes. They are neither from Jerusalem (they are native to the Northeastern United States), nor are they artichokes. They are actually tubers of a sunflower-like plant. “Sunflower” is girasole in Italian (look toward the sun) and, well, girasole sounds a bit like Jerusalem. Try it out loud.
