Romanesco is pretty much the only brassica that regularly appears as a computer screensaver. Math and vegetable lovers alike can appreciate its gorgeous pale green fractal florets -- a mesmerizing ...

Pasta with romanesco broccoli and pancetta? Oh, it's a must-try in Lazio when you're craving something fresh and super ...

Some people look at Romanesco broccoli and think space alien. Others get all excited and exclaim “fractals!” Fractals are identical, repetitive patterns in nature of varying size. The tiniest floret ...

Romanesco broccoli sauté is a real gem from the Lazio region of Italy. It's not your typical broccoli—really isn't. Those ...

Now that we’re in the height of the growing season, I hope you home gardeners are enjoying all kinds of goodies from your plot. In addition to the traditional home garden plants that most of us try, I ...

Don’t be surprised if Romanesco starts popping up on metro Phoenix menus. This crazy-looking vegetable is quickly becoming a farmers market favorite, and plenty of local growers would love to put it ...

Put mathematics and broccoli together and you have the two most hated things of my childhood. And that’s exactly what the Romanesco Broccoli is all about. But now that I’m an adult, I find that I’m ...

Brassica season in Houston continues with beautiful heads of romanesco, a cousin of broccoli. With a fractal shape, this stunningly beautiful vegetable is packed with vitamins and fiber. Romanesco can ...

The curious little kid in us really comes out when we see a funky new fruit or vegetable. (It makes fixing dinner a bit more interesting, too.) One of the loveliest oddities available right now is ...

Romanesco has been described as an alien vegetable or a fractal from geometry class. It’s a bright yellow-green in color and looks like a bunch of tiny perfect Christmas trees all clumped together. It ...

It is elusive, to be sure. It is also chartreuse and spiky, with each spiraling cone a naturally occurring fractal—meaning its shape is formed by smaller shapes ...

Also called rapini, this Italian heirloom broccoli sends up multiple long, green shoots with small broccoli heads. The flavor is slightly bitter mustard. This is a fast grower, sending up ...