Pasta With Broccoli Pesto Total time: 30 minutes 1 1/2 cups broccoli flowerets (about 1/2 bunch broccoli) Salt 1 clove garlic 3 tablespoons pine nuts or walnuts 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil Freshly ground black pepper 2 medium-sized boiling potatoes, peeled and cut in 1-inch chunks 1 pound linguine Freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Perhaps best described as the love child of a potato and a white asparagus, black salsify, while agreeably starchy, does not have a boiling potato's occasional leadenness or a russet's fluff.

Smoked Turkey Chowder Total time: 1 hour 2ounces diced slab bacon 1/2cup chopped onion 1/2cup chopped celery 2 1/2cups diced, peeled boiling potatoes 1bay leaf 3cups chicken stock 3cups milk 1pound skinless smoked turkey or chicken, finely diced Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1/2cup heavy cream.

Water bubbled up from the boiling potatoes and spattered on the stove.

The Anya potato is a good boiling potato but can be prepared using most cooking methods.

Lima Bean Chowder Total time: 1 hour 1ounce slab bacon, diced 2leeks, rinsed, trimmed and finely chopped (white part only) 1pound boiling potatoes, peeled and diced 3 1/2cups low-fat milk 110-ounce package frozen baby lima beans 1/3cup heavy cream Salt and freshly ground black pepper 2tablespoons minced chives.

NOTE: This recipe can be made with white boiling potatoes.

They should always be made with a floury potato: a baking potato like an Idaho or a boiling potato from Maine or Long Island.