Cavolo nero is also known as Tuscan kale. American food authority Harold McGee says it belongs to that branch of the cabbage or brassica family that is the original wild cabbage, and native to the ...

Cavolo nero can be used as a substitute in all recipes that require cabbage but it is particularly good in soups. The classic Tuscan soup, ribolitta, is traditionally left to sit for a day before ...

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This is a quick and easy recipe, and is tasty eaten cold the next day. Cavolo nero has a wonderful plant form (I've heard it called cabbage palm) and I grow it for its looks as much as its use.

Don't feel bound by these vegetables: I often swap the new potatoes for sweet potatoes, cavolo nero for spinach or cabbage, ...