On a recent afternoon in the sun-filled kitchen at the back of Gjelina restaurant in Venice, chef Travis Lett mans an oven in which he’s baking several loaves of golden-crusted bread. “I’m looking for ...

We all have go-to vegetables we always purchase at the market, but there is a world of produce out there to explore. One delicious but quite mysterious vegetable is the sunchoke. If you're now asking, ...

Scrub the sunchokes and carefully peel the outer skin. Slice them thinly and store in ice water. Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and shallots and sweat ...

One of my favorite indigenous vegetables that is harvested in the fall, sunchokes are the tuber of a wild sunflower variety. They have a long history of being foraged, farmed and eaten by the ...

Sunchokes, the crunchy, nutty tubers native to North America, are the darling of independent chefs these days. The root vegetable is popping up in soups and salads, as flavorful purées under heady ...

Note: Adapted from Travis Lett of Gjelina. Preserved lemons also can be purchased at Middle Eastern markets, select specialty food stores and well-stocked grocers. Small hardwood hickory chips are ...