Some varieties are solely grown for the leafy heads, but others are cultivated for the roots and can be forced for harvests of sweeter young leaves. It is simple to grow chicory in a backyard ...

Chicory is available throughout the winter months. Choose chicory with crisp, fresh-looking leaves that are springy to the touch and tightly packed; there should be no sign of insect damage.

The result of a bizarre obsession with this red member of the chicory family, the publication is a photographic and material study of the striking plant.

Don’t brown it. Meanwhile, dress chicory leaves with a little salt, pepper, lemon and olive oil. You want them to be bright-tasting, but not dripping wet. Lay anchovy fillets (to taste ...

Toss chicory with Caesar dressing and adjust seasoning to taste with salt and pepper. In a second bowl, combine parsley leaves, lemon juice and zest, olive oil and shaved Parmigiano Reggiano.

When it comes to chicory, you cut and trim them and then fry them in a little oil and butter to colour and then finally braise them in stock." Chef Jack explained that this "prevents the leaves ...