Salads & Vegetables

Below are our 8 articles in the 'salads & vegetables' category:

Artichokes
Most encounters with artichokes only involve the hearts of the globe variety marinated in extra virgin olive oil or vegetable oil. These make for an interesting addition to a table of antipasti or ...
Fennel
With its chunky bulb and armoury of stalks fennel is one of the more alarming vegetables in terms of appearance. It is probably for this reason that a great many cooks find it rather intimidating. ...
Garlic
Pasta sauces don't come much simpler than aglio e olio garlic and oil, or in the Roman dialect that reflects its provenance, aio e oio. Simply briefly sauté one or two cloves finely sliced together ...
Mushrooms and Truffles
There is something about the image of mushroom hunters disappearing into the woods through the early morning mists that lends a certain mystique to fungi. That and the quintessentially musky smell ...
Onions, Carrot and Celery
In any winning team there are always those that play a supporting role while others are destined to take all the glory. Onion, carrot and celery are often very much found in the former category, ...
Salad Leaves
Let the ingredients speak for themselves. It has been said more than once when discussing the merits of Italy's contribution to the culinary art but it is philosophy that has stood in good stead ...
Spinach
Those of a certain age will recall the cartoon character Popeye the Sailorman consuming cans of spinach prior to taking on his enemies. Attributing superhuman properties to this humble leaf vegetable ...
Tomatoes
What would an Italian chef do without tomatoes? Think of those two staples of the peninsula’s repertoire pasta and pizza, and it is impossible not to envisage a combination that includes the sweet, ...

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