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.
> Cheers
> Pandora
>
>
Hi, Pandora, Yes, we have it here. While it was always available in
gourmet green grocery stores, most of which were Italian owned and
served in Italian restaurants, about twenty or more years ago, it
became very popular and showed up in supermarkets and small fruit stores.

Many Italian restaurants serve it as a salad with Belgian Endive and
Arugula and call it Three Colored Salad.