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> Pandora wrote:
>> In autumn and winter, here in Italy, we use to eat a certain kind of
>> vegetable called "Radicchio". This is a link where you can see the photo:
>>
>> http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/radicchio.htm
>>
>> The taste is a little bitter, but we like it for this reason. We mix it
>> with green salad (like lettuce, for example), or we make a very very good
>> seasoning for pasta (you mix, for example radicchio with sausages). For
>> these recipes it is better using "Radicchio di Chioggia or Verona, which
>> is ball shaped (see the photo in the link). The other kind "Radicchio di
>> Treviso" is long shaped and is good for BBQing.
>> Today or tomorrow, I would like to make Ravioli (handmade) filled with
>> ricotta and radicchio (Gnam Gnam).
>> I would like to know if you have Radicchio in Usa and other country of
>> the world.
>
> Yes. In almost every store that sells groceries.
>
> Pastorio

It's wonderful!
I've forgotten to say that there is another famous dish called "Risotto al
radicchio".
Very good indeed!
Cheers
Pandora