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This is one of those great minimalist Italian recipes that requires nothing more than super fresh produce, olive oil, salt and a little panache. It’s another artichoke recipe from Jib Girl Daniela, handed down through her family.

For the artichokes, trim and de-choke them as described in the Stuffed Artichokes recipe, then proceed from there.  (more…)

Artichokes can be a mystery to those of us who didn’t grow up with them. Alexandra Wentworth described them in The WASP Cookbook as “vegetables you scrape against your teeth” – not exactly something most of us could serve grandma at a holiday dinner.

But for many Italian Americans, they’re an essential part of family meals. After several kitchen disasters when I tried to make these on my own, I recruited my Italian-American friend Daniela, aka Jib Girl, to demonstrate how to make artichokes two ways: stuffed and grilled. The results were excellent, especially when you follow her technique for prepping the artichokes, stuffing them, and testing to see if they’re done.  (more…)