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 ...

Cooking lesson: A gratin is a dish that is topped with breadcrumbs (or cheese, or both) mixed with bits of butter, then baked until brown, bubbling and crisp. If it sounds like a fancy, French way of ...

This puréed broccoli soup is so flexible. Substitute asparagus or zucchini for the fennel in this recipe when they’re in season; cook them along with the broccoli. The crunchy, garlicky croutons are ...

Wondering what fennel tastes like? Or how you prepare it? Fennel is often described as having a licorice flavor. At many grocery stores, you will find it in the produce section labeled as anise or ...

If you'd like to acquire some fennel - for the first time or the 1,000th - to star in a nice autumnal dish, you don't have to do it like Giovanni Mauro does. You can, after all, get it in the produce ...

Epic battles are frequently named after the places where they occurred: Hastings, Waterloo, Iwo Jima, to name a few. I know of only one named after a vegetable. In 490 BC, an army of Athenians faced a ...

The only thing better than a quick and easy dinner is a dinner that comes together in a single pan. When you know clean up is ...