The artichoke is a delicious, nutritious vegetable that works well both as an entree or a side dish. There are many ways to prepare and enjoy artichokes so we’re sharing how to cook artichokes three ...

I love artichokes but haven't a clue how to turn the seemingly inviolable bud into a food; I conducted an unscientific poll among friends and realized I was not alone. So I scoured my cookbooks, ...

Preparing artichokes for cooking requires just a bit of cutting and peeling. Artichokes can be steamed, boiled, or roasted in the oven. You must remove the hairy choke inside the artichoke before ...

Cut 1 artichoke stem until about 1" remains. Pluck bottom row of leaves and any leaves on stem. Using a vegetable peeler, remove outer layer of stem. Using a sharp knife, cut 1" to 1 1/2" from top of ...

Artichokes are the edible immature flowers of a cultivated thistle. There are more than 50 varieties of globe artichokes (the "true" artichoke not related to the Jerusalem artichoke, which is a tuber) ...

I love the grassy, sweet taste of artichokes — the bud of a flower in the thistle family. But when I first started cooking, artichokes intimidated me. I finally confronted my artichoke phobia when I ...

ARTICHOKES WERE all the rage in the 1960s Los Angeles of my childhood. We lived just a few hours south of Castroville, “Artichoke Capitol of the World,” and my appetite for this food only increased ...

More than 25 years ago, when I was living with my young family in the suburbs of Houston, a lovely young French neighbor invited me to lunch. Our children were in school together and she was cracking ...