Fennel, a staple in Mediterranean cuisine, is one of the unsung heroes of the vegetable world. Though often overlooked by home cooks, this versatile ingredient is beloved by chefs for its pleasantly ...

Have you ever come across a vegetable in the supermarket and wondered just what to do with it? For instance, fennel is one of those items that's often overlooked. With its bulb-like base, long stalks, ...

I have often been asked, how do you cook fennel? I recently spent a week in a rental house in Umbria. We ate lunch out every day, but in the evening we would come home, and I would go into the little ...

The jarringly early arrival of pumpkin spice-flavored everything means one thing and one thing only: Our palates are doomed. (Just kidding ... kind of.) The arrival of pumpkin spice in lattes, muffins ...

I don’t think I had ever tasted fennel until I worked in a restaurant. Growing up, most of the vegetables we ate came from a can, and when we did have fresh produce, fennel certainly wasn’t on the ...

I cook a dish which I deem an excellent “gateway vehicle” to the wonder of fennel for many of my friends, and I’ve gone to absurd lengths in order to convert many a licorice-averse acquaintance to ...

Fennel often belonging to the "grossly underutilized vegetables" tab, and it deserves much more praise and attention than it gets. It's one of those plants that can be eaten almost entirely, as the ...

The art of making soup was a mystery to me as a child. Though my mother cooked well and often, whenever I had a bowl of soup to nurse a cold or for a quick meal, it came from a can. (Sorry to out you ...

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