Comments on: what’s cooking wednesday: chicory and beans

By: Ariana from Chicago

Ariana from Chicago — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:52:30 +0000

Such an interesting post. My mom, born in Calabria, has always loved greens like chicory and rapini. They ate them because, well, they couldn’t afford meat and other substantial stuff. Chicory was always growing somewhere. Fast forward 50 years in America, where food is plentiful, and my mom goes crazy when she finds chicory weeds growing on the side of the road. Go figure. I will have to humor her and try this dish. Grazie!

By the way, French Market New Orleans Coffee (with chicory) is our absolute fav.

Ariana, thanks so much for sharing! I do hope you’ll give the recipe a go–it’s *so* easy

By: Bleeding Espresso » what’s cooking wednesday: cannellini beans & tomatoes

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:21:43 +0000

[...] had prepared for us (they were already soaked and cooked), and although we usually pair them with chicory, we wanted something [...]

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:46:00 +0000

Oh come on, can greens and beans really look good together when they aren’t very pretty individually? Trust me; this is good. And I’m making it again today

Oh, and Antonella, of course you eat it with bread (don’t we eat everything with bread?)–that’s in the last line of the recipe

By: Antonella

Antonella — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:19:00 +0000

You eat it with nothing else…except bread, right?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:57:00 +0000

finally i know what the name of that bitter stuff is in english that they eat here all the time!! Not a great fan of chicory, but then again have never tried it in a recipe like that (here it is boiled/ over boiled, salted oiled and served cold - yeach!!). Vanessa in MEssina

By: Gil

Gil — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:42:00 +0000

Another dish from my childhood. My Father loved all kinds of greens: mustard, chickory, collards, etc. and always seemed to find some while shopping.

By: Shan

Shan — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:28:00 +0000

Thanks for the recipe. I didn’t realize chicory was something you could cook with.

By: nyc/caribbean ragazza

nyc/caribbean ragazza — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:58:00 +0000

Adding this to my things to try. I have never cooked with chicory. Sounds delicious.

By: stefanie

stefanie — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:27:00 +0000

I’m with Annika, but I’m trying to keep an open mind and trust you when you say it’s tasty.

By: Giulia

Giulia — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:55:00 +0000

I’d gladly eat a plate of anything that looks like slop and tastes delicious, then to have to eat a plate of something that looks delicious but tastes horrible.

I think it’s so much more pleasant to be surprised at how wonderful something can taste while looking so bad as opposed to getting so excited at how something “looks” so yummy only to be disappointed at how it tastes.

I usually make this dish with escarole. Only difference is that I like to add Gaeda or even those black cured olives to mine.