Although a debate rages among horticulturists on whether the Romanesco cultivar of Brassica oleracea (Botrytis Group) is a broccoli or cauliflower, the flavorful and attractive member of the cabbage ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It looks far more like sculpture than vegetable, or maybe the misbegotten result of some sort of Space Age science experiment — food from the future, circa 1975. Its fractal appearance notwithstanding ...

Imagine a head of broccoli as envisioned by Jerry Garcia and you have the Romanesco, a variety that looks like the psychedelic understudy for the lead in Little Shop of Horrors. If only its season ...