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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Among them, the most important is this, Carviorior (Romanesco type) Even if you see itFractal shape Let's eat Italy, so this romanesco is a kind of Roman-born cauliflower Unusual vegetables in Italy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jessica’s pan-roasted romanesco is the ...

Romanesco broccoli, with its unique fractal shape and vibrant green color, is not just a feast for the eyes but also a ...

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 is like the Lady Gaga of broccoli. Unapologetic, captivating, a bit peculiar. Certainly there isn’t a more stylish vegetable. With its kaleidoscopic spires and minarets, it looks like it ...

In my mind, the seasons at the farmers market aren’t really defined by the calendar; they are marked by what I like to obsess over for months at a time. It usually goes something like this: Rhubarb!

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 ...

You've probably seen it before at farmers' markets or at restaurants. It's what cauliflower would look like if you just swallowed a handful of magic mushrooms. With its mesmerizing vegetal fractals ...

Whether you’re at a farm stand or a grocery store, Romanesco cauliflower is a stand-out on the produce shelves, both for its striking chartreuse color and its unique shape. (It looks like a cross ...