A flair for fennel Don't overlook veggie's versatility

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: August 1, 2001| Author: Mary Carroll Los Angeles Times Syndicate | Copyright information

Fennel's celerylike appearance and its feathery fronds make it an unusual vegetable for the American table, unless you're a cook who has some experience with Italian or French cuisine. Both believe fennel's piquant, licoricelike flavor offers medicinal qualities to menus; it encourages the appetite, refreshes the palate and speeds digestion.

American cooks are most familiar with the dried fennel leaves that are used as an herb in salad dressings, or the fennel seed that flavors our mar...

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