fennel

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I usually get a bunch of salads and the crab and fennel soup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026

It’s a dish both humble and indulgent, part Italian-American tradition, part Midwestern weeknight comfort, where fennel and basil lend aromatic depth and the meat-sauce mix keeps each forkful savory and layered.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

The best salads mix the cooked — a little caramelized onion, roasted red pepper, maybe a chopped artichoke heart — with the crisp rawness of shaved fennel, scallions or celery.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

I added a little more butter, then, with a thrill of reckless curiosity, drizzled in maple syrup, white miso, red pepper flakes, fennel seeds and oregano, watching each addition dissolve and bloom.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

The doorways were decked with branches of green birch, long fennel, and St.-John’s-wort. Some had garlands of flowers—white lilies and such like.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli