{"id":145214,"date":"2025-09-16T21:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145214"},"modified":"2025-09-16T21:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T01:27:04","slug":"under-the-fork-spotlight-cauliflower-by-joe-scrizzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145214","title":{"rendered":"Under the Fork | Spotlight: Cauliflower &#8211; By: Joe Scrizzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Under the Fork | Spotlight: <\/strong><strong>Cauliflower<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>By: Joe Scrizzi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cauliflower usually grows with one main stem that carries a large, rounded &#8220;head&#8221; made of tightly clustered, immature white or off-white flower buds called the &#8220;curd&#8221;.\u00a0 Typically, only the &#8220;head&#8221; is eaten.<\/p>\n<p>What can I say about this bulbous veggie head, haha. As a kid I was not a fan and was forced to eat as my parents had us try everything. Fast forward to adult life and I\u2019ve been incorporating this veg into various dishes! I\u2019ve been seeing it all over farmers markets and it\u2019s inexpensive. Great meal stretcher served as a side dish, in soups, lightly steamed dressed with olive oil &amp; vinegar, sliced thick and pan seared served with hummus. This past week I steamed for 4 minutes, drained\/air dry and sauteed with garlic and oil to crisp up.<\/p>\n<p>Until next time\u2026\u2026.Bon Appetite!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Fork | Spotlight: Cauliflower By: Joe Scrizzi Cauliflower usually grows with one main stem that carries a large, rounded &#8220;head&#8221; made of tightly clustered, immature white or off-white &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=145214\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Under the Fork | Spotlight: Cauliflower &#8211; By: Joe Scrizzi<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,2360,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-joe-scrizzi","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Cauliflower.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145214"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/145215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}