Radicchio

Closed, opens tomorrow 11amIndependent shop in FremontDirections

Available from Book Larder when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Signed copies available! Simple recipes for using radicchio in pasta, risotto , polenta, pizza, with meats, and in salads, preservations, and sweets. A once-obscure vegetable with a reputation for bitterness, radicchio has deep roots in Italy where it has long been celebrated as a central part of Italian cuisine. Over the last several years, radicchio has undergone a renaissance in the United States, inspired, in major part, by the work of Lane Selman. Radicchio is now appearing in top food maga