Before last weekend, I thought chicory was something that New Orleans natives added to their coffee. And while that is true (the chicory root is often used in java drinks), the leaves of the chicory ...

Leaves are separated, washed and chopped. Mung dhal is cooked well by boiling it in water. Add the chopped leaves to the cooked mung dal along with a little rock salt. Cook till the leaves become ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Leaf chicory is usually found in Italian greengrocers and in fresh food markets. Each stalk is about ...

Chicory doesn’t necessarily mean chicory. If there’s a shortage of recipes for this family of leaves, it’s perhaps because food writers use up so much space clarifying terms. Chicory is often known as ...

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, ...

The bright blue flowers of chicory filling our meadows and lining our roadsides are still more than a month away, probably a couple months, but the young leaves of the plant are already poking up ...

Chicory is a flowering plant of the dandelion family, Asteraceae, identified by its tough stem and blue and purple flowers. While the flowers and leaves can be used, it’s the plant’s root that is most ...

As photographers, as cooks, and as eaters, Christopher Hirsheimer and Melissa Hamilton find a lot to love in the gemstone hues and delicate, bitter taste of chicories. Make the vinaigrette: Puree ...

Pollinators come to chicory's flowers, but few insects can eat its leaves. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeffrey Mitton. Chicory caught my eye when I was a young boy, for it has axillary ...