[DOC] [TLE] Radicchio - Tasty but So Misunderstood - NYTimes.com [PAR] Dec 21, 1988 ... Recipes that call for a leaf of radicchio in the presentation are ... It is the color of 
the Verona variety but its leaves are longish - sort of like gawky, adolescent 
endive leaves. Like Belgian endive, Verona and Treviso radicchios are the ... get 
for his or her troubles are long, thin, dark-green and very bitter leaves. [DOC] [TLE] Go ahead, get Radicchio Cultivating the deep red jewel in vegetable ... [PAR] Apr 25, 1993 ... It's easy to spot in salads at trendy restaurants. ... Bitter but not nasty, it is food 
only grown-ups can love. ... and Treviso have each developed distinct varieties of 
red radicchio. ... Verona is small, loose-leaved, soft and ovoid. ... Selected seeds 
are planted in early summer, and green-red leafed heads are... [DOC] [TLE] Chicory and Endive - Innvista [PAR] Endive, curly endive, escarole, broad-leaved/Bavarian endive, Batavia endive, ... 
The cultivated varieties are root chickory (var. sativum) and salad chicory (var. 
foliosum). ... They seemed to prefer it to chicory because it was slightly less bitter. 
... with ivory veins and can range from purple to red, but there is a green variety. [DOC] [TLE] A Visual Guide to Salad Greens | Epicurious.com | Epicurious.com [PAR] Characteristics: Possibly the most well-known variety of salad green, arugula ... 
Alternate names: Chioggia, red chicory, red leaf chicory, red Italian chicory ... 
Characteristics: Related to frise, this mildly bitter leafy green is large and crisp. [DOC] [TLE] Thalassocrat | Beheading words | Wordsmith.org [PAR] red-leafed Italian chicory is most often used as a salad green. There ... United 
States are Verona and Treviso. The radicchio di ... pink to dark red. Other 
radicchio varieties ... firm leaves with a slightly bitter flavor. Radicchio is [DOC] [TLE] Radicchio: Kitchen Basics - Harvest to Table [PAR] Nov 14, 2007 ... Radicchio is a sharp-tasting cool-weather salad green that can be ... cultivarsis 
a variety of leaf chicory that resembles a small red head ... Verona resembles an 
elongated butterhead lettuce with tender but firm leaves that are slightly bitter.  
Treviso or Rossa di Treviso: green and bitter during hot weather,... [DOC] [TLE] Salad Greens - Leslie Beck [PAR] There is such a variety of lettuce available, each adding a distinctive taste, .... 
Radicchio is a red-leafed Italian chicory, which comes in several varieties. ... The 
most popular and widely available North American varieties are Verona and 
Treviso. .... To counteract the bitterness of some varieties of salad greens, serve 
with fruit... [DOC] [TLE] Radicchio - Wikipedia [PAR] Radicchio is a leaf chicory (Cichorium intybus, Asteraceae), sometimes known as 
Italian chicory, and is a perennial. It is grown as a leaf vegetable which usually 
has white-veined red leaves. It has a bitter and spicy taste, which mellows when it 
is grilled or roasted. ... Radicchio rosso di Treviso resembles a large red Belgian 
endive. [DOC] [TLE] Radicchio: The Bittersweet Green | The Land Connection [PAR] And so have you, if you've ever had a mixed green salad with crunchy bits of ... 
It's true that radicchio is almost always described at a bitter green. ... red 
cabbage because the most common variety, Radicchio di Verona, makes a round 
head of ... But you're also likely to find the greenish-red Radicchio di Treviso, 
which looks... [DOC] [TLE] Cook's Thesaurus: Salad Greens [PAR] Gives synonyms, equivalents, and substitutions for salad greens used in ... 
Substitutes: Boston lettuce (larger) OR corn salad OR leaf lettuce OR celery 
leaves ... endigia = red endive Notes: This crunchy new French variety blends 
sweet and bitter ... The most common variety, radicchio rosso (left), is round, 
while the treviso... [DOC] [TLE] Chicory - Wikipedia [PAR] Common chicory, Cichorium intybus, is a somewhat woody, perennial 
herbaceous plant of the dandelion family, usually with

Question: Verona & Treviso are varieties of this bitter, red-leafed salad green
Answer: radicchio