Vegetarian Star

Remember when you tried a shiitake mushroom for the first time?

Different in taste and texture from the white button ones you consumed on pizza at the county fair, yet a great experience that hopefully led to many more.

Mario Batali‘s latest cookbook, Molto Gusto, may have you meeting new vegetables, according to The Buffalo News.

“Some of the vegetables in “Molto Gusto” are relatively obscure – salsify, cardoons, black kale, sunchokes – but the breadth of vegetable preparations in “Molto Gusto” is infectious. Armed with Batali’s suggestions, it seems, readers could tackle almost any vegetable they bring home.”

Let’s get to know these one at a time.

Sunchoke: Jerusalem artichoke
Salsify: A flowering plant, also known as goatsbeard. Described as having the taste of oysters.
Cardoon: May be used as a vegetarian source for enzymes in cheese production.
Black Kale: Member of the cabbage family nicknamed Curley or Dinosaur.

We’re thinking meeting them all in a big taste test would be awesome.

Kinda like vegetable speed dating.

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