These leafy plants are chicories, bitter greens that descended from wild chicory, a weedy plant in the aster family that bears a pale blue bloom in the summertime. Simply Recipes / Elise Bauer The ...

You've probably seen endives in your produce section, nestled between more commonplace salad greens like romaine and iceberg. Because it's sturdier, less leafy and, to be honest, a little bitter, ...