The seeds are used to flavor breads, cakes, biscuits, boiled or baked onions, potato dishes, baked fruit, cream cheese, soups, and stews. They also may be sprinkled into the pot when steaming turnips, beet roots, parsnips, carrots, cabbage, and cauliflower. The leaves are used in salads, soups, and stews and with spinach and zucchini. The roots can be boiled and eaten like parsnips with melted butter or white sauce. The plant can be grown indoors in a sunny place.
Caraway is said to have some medicinal qualities.
Since our plants were set out very late in the season, they did not reach maturity or bloom. We did notice, however, that these were the first plants that the rabbit ate. They were sheered off completely, whereas most other plants were untouched or only slightly eaten by our little friend.