Properly prepared, the cardoon has a subtle but delightful flavor that’s mild and delicious. The centerpiece of Doug Gosling’s fabulous organic garden at the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center in ...

Cardoon is a big, leafy plant. Cardoon with one of my shovels for a size comparison. Cardoon blossoms are like thistles. Most years I start some onion seeds and perhaps a few artichokes indoors n ...

The cardoon or Cynara cardunculus is a close cousin to the globe artichoke or Cynara scolymus. Both are members of the huge Asteraceae (Compositae) family — sometimes called the daisy family — that ...

Most years, I start some onion seeds and perhaps a few artichokes indoors in February. This year I will also start some cardoon seeds at the same time. Cardoon, which is a lovely looking plant related ...

Found in the wild along the Mediterranean, from Morocco and Portugal to Libya and Croatia, a cardoon is a thistle that tastes like a bitter version of a giant artichoke with small, prickly flower ...

I like to eat these marinated cardoons on their own as a snack to quell hunger pangs while I’m making dinner or, if I’m making a cold cut sandwich, as the “pickles” on top that give your regular meat ...

, a relative of globe artichoke, forms a 4- to 6-foot clump of felted, deeply dissected silvery-green foliage. Native to the Mediterranean and a member of the sunflower family, cardoon produces large, ...

To prepare the cardoon parmigiana, start by cooking the tomato sauce with meat. So clean and finely chop celery, carrot, and onion with a knife, and sauté all in a pot where you have poured some extra ...

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