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Artichoke. Cynara scolymus. Thought to have originated in the Mediterranean. A member of the thistle family. A delicious member of the thistle family, I might add. For some, an acquired taste. It was for me. The first time I ever scraped that succulence from the inside bottom of an artichoke leaf was in my best friend’s mother’s Italian kitchen. I wasn’t sure what to think of the flavor. But it stayed with me. I thought about it. And thought about it some more. And (...)