When it comes to cooking fresh artichokes, most of the heavy lifting is really prep work. But, much like cooking lobster, the dirty work of getting past artichokes’ outer armor is well worth it.

Spring is peak season for artichokes, the edible prickly bud of a plant that, if left to bloom, would yield fields of stunning purple flowers. Kevin Fisher, executive sous chef at Sea Root at the ...

For many, the artichoke is confounding. While considered a delicacy in Mediterranean and Californian cuisine, for the uninitiated, figuring out how to unearth its prized heart can be a mystery. The ...

Baby artichokes, each cut in half, hang drying on a clothesline stretched across my kitchen. Artichoke leaves overflow the table and cascade across the floor. Dozens of meticulously trimmed large ...

Take a good look at an artichoke. See those sharp, thorny, pointy green and purple-tinged leaves? It certainly doesn’t look like something you would want to eat. I’ve often wondered who the first ...

Drummond wrote about her spinach artichoke dip in a 2020 blog post on The Pioneer Woman website and expressed her love for the delicious appetizer. “I made this last week. Boy, was it ever good,” she ...

This recipe by grilling expert and cookbook author Steven Raichlen was inspired by his travels in Cagliari, Sardinia. It offers an exception to the general rule that it’s easier to grill water-rich ...

You can roast, steam, boil and fry this delicious vegetable, or even eat it raw. By Tejal Rao My favorite, no-nonsense way to cook a globe artichoke at home is whole and steamed, or boiled. When ...

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