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
>
>
You can buy it in some supermarkets here. I haven't tried it yet, but
mean to cook with it. When I happen top wind up in the right supermarket
at some point.