Vegetable generally refers to an edible part of a plant. The definition is traditional rather than scientific. It is somewhat arbitrary and subjective, as it is determined by individual cultural customs of cooking and food preparation.In general, with some exceptions, any herbaceous plant or plant part which is regularly eaten as food by humans, would normally be considered to be a vegetable. Vegetables are very often eaten cooked. Some, such as potato, are never eaten raw, but many such as carrots, bell peppers and celery are quite commonly eaten either raw or cooked.Mushrooms, though belonging to the biological kingdom Fungi, are also loosely considered as vegetables.In general, vegetables are regarded by cooks as being most suitable for savory or salted dishes, rather than sweet dishes, although there are many exceptions, such as pumpkin pie, etc.Nuts, seeds, grains, herbs, spices and culinary fruits (see below), are not normally considered to be vegetables, even though they are all parts of plants.Some people would consider that salad greens such as lettuce are not vegetables, because they are almost never cooked, but not everyone would agree with this exception.

A "plastic soup" of waste floating in the Pacific Ocean is growing at an alarming rate and now covers an area twice the size of the continental United States, scientists have said.

Join me for some soup and valuable information related to growing corn and grain sorghum (milo) on Thursday, December 20. That's the date for a corn and milo school for farmers sponsored by Barton County Extension.

An alarming number of food pantries and soup kitchens in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx are being forced to turn people away hungry, a new survey shows.

Sharks have gotten a poor reputation from the movies, so it seems only right that marine biologist Rob Stewart made a film to correct the record. In the time it takes to watch his movie, 15,000 sharks will be killed to supply the growing market for their fins. Help the sharks, don't eat fin soup.

In the ever growing alphabet soup of technology hardware acronyms, SSD has become a term being seen more and more. It stands for Solid State Drive, and if you haven't a clue what that means or why it's showing up more, then read this quick introduction guide to SSD.