On Food and Cooking

into an artificial head to keep the inner leaves in the dark and relatively mild. And popular “Belgian ...

Loose-leaf varieties: open cluster of leaves Butter varieties: open cluster of soft, tender leaves, small mi ...

leaves Escarole: open cluster of moderately broad leaves The Cabbage Family: Relationships and Pungencies Botanic ...

Mustard, black: Brassica nigra Mustard, white: Sinapis alba Rocket; arugula: Eruca sativa, Diplotaxis species Wa ...

sativus Horseradish: Armoracia rusticana Recent Hybrids Accidental Rutabaga, canola: Brassica napus (rapa x olera ...

Broccoli 17 White cabbage 15 Horseradish 11 Red cabbage 10 Radish 7 Chinese cabbage 3 Cauliflower 2 Salads of bitter green ...

intact, it will give a rosette of leaves repeatedly. The bitter leaves are often blanched before ...

distant botanical relatives share elements of its biochemistry and therefore its flavor; these include capers and ...

cabbage family are called glucosinolates. They differ from the onion precursors in containing not only sulfur, b ...

most active — and the flavor strongest — in young, actively growing tissues: the center of brussels sprout ...

with an acidic sauce, some pungent products increase sixfold. (Soaking the chopped cabbage in cold wa ...

will be left intact. This isn’t always desirable: cooking some mustard greens quickly, for example, ...

that derive from the Latin word caulis, meaning “stem” or “stalk,” the part of the plant from whi ...

leaves and stalks that help make these plants so hardy. It was domesticated around 2,500 years ago, ...

Brussels sprouts come from a cabbage variant that develops small, numerous heads along a greatly elonga ...

Some vegetables in the remarkably various cabbage family. Center : Kale leaf. To its right and c ...

aldehydes, including almond-essence benzaldehyde. They’re frequently used to enliven a salad of mixed gree ...

cooked, which may leave them mild and cabbage-like or intensely bitter, depending on the variety. Ethiopian ...

and mildness. Their smaller relatives mizuna and mibuna form low, spreading clumps of long, narrow leaves, ...

beeswax, capable of receiving any impression or effect, while most other vegetables imposed their taste upon ...