Chicory (Cichorium intybus) is a multipurpose hardy perennial herb: In the garden, it gives off a fragrance of fresh field greens; in the kitchen, its young bittersweet basal leaves — rich in iron, ...

July brings patriotism, hot weather, hot dogs, fireworks and chicory blooming along the roadsides in Wisconsin. The pretty blue blooms are common chicory — Cichorium intybus —a plant that originated ...

Give me a leafy salad any day. Make it romaine, butter lettuce, watercress, red oak or a mixture of sturdy midsize leaves, and dress it simply with a good vinaigrette or with nuts, fruit and cheese.

Despite the current vegetable shortage, Roman markets are abundant with chicory which, combined with anchovies and capers, provides a crisp, colourful rush of pleasure in cardigan season. Oranges, ...

It takes a bitter green to tackle a cold day. Bitter winter chicories are a salad’s response to the season. Chicories are leafy “greens” that include the likes of radicchio and Treviso, endive and ...

Preheat oven or toaster oven to 450 degrees. Split open your sandwich bread. Place a few thin slices of provola on the bottom piece of bread. Place both pieces of bread, cut-side/cheese-side up, in ...

It's not coffee, but people certainly do drink it that way.

I love the bitter taste of chicory because it cuts through other salty, sweet, sour, spicy or fatty flavours to balance a meal. It has fallen out of fashion of late, and I like to champion such ...