Apartment Therapy Tagged: vegetable

Five Ways to Eat: Cauliflower

Cauliflower is a love-hate vegetable for many people. They hate its cabbage-y taste and strange curdlike texture, or they love it in its many forms. We are among the latter, and we think there are so ...

Ingredient Spotlight: Cucuzza (“Googootz”)

In the last episode of The Sopranos, Tony asks Carmela, "Where's googootz?" "Googootz" is an Italian term of endearment; Tony was referring to his son, AJ. "Googootz" is also the Italian slang for "...

National Food Roundup: Olive Bread
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 05.27.09

It may be the season for salads and grilling, but comfort food doesn't seem to be going anywhere – it's just a little lighter for summer. We've rounded up a few recipes below, and why not start with...

Seasonal Spotlight: Asparagus

Pruning shears are for scale. Asparagus is actually harvested with a knife. One of the harbingers of spring food is asparagus; when we see it popping up at the farmer's markets, we know what season ...

How to Prepare Cardoons

At the Alemany Farmer's Market right now we're seeing a lot of cardoons in season. Cardoons are closely related to - and taste very much like - artichokes. Why is this vegetable not well-known, then...

Word of Mouth: Salsify

Salsify [ˈsalsəfē; -ˌfī] n. A plant in the daisy family with a long root like that of a parsnip. We posted a recipe on Tuesday for Buttery Salsify Puree with Horseradish, and there were several...

Recipe: Buttery Salsify Puree with Horseradish

Here's a recipe to help you beat those winter vegetable blahs. Salsify has the texture of a potato with a haunting flavor reminiscent of artichokes or white asparagus. Some say that this thin root t...