According to European folklore, chicory flowers can open locked doors or grant their possessor invisibility. But though that’s pure myth, the truth about the plant is almost as wondrous. Get a closer ...

A type of chicory, radicchio is unique in just about every sense of the word, from its characteristic bitter flavor to the gorgeous look of each ... Radicchio is a chicory plant that has been ...

Chicory is a leafy vegetable that looks like lettuce but tastes more bitter ... while the crop’s flavor changes and plants start to bolt and go to seed. Chicory seeds for forcing should be ...

There are several varieties of chicory that are ideal for forcing in winter for tender, blanched heads. To do this, buy dormant plants in pots in the autumn - in November, cut back growth leaving ...