The food lab better home cooking through science ( PDFDrive ) 990

KNIFE SKILLS: How to Prepare Chicory for Salads Bitter greens like chicory and frisée are sweetest and best tasting at their pale yellow core The dark greens should be discarded or saved for braises and soups, as they can be tough and intensely bitter STEP 1: TRIM THE BOTTOM Trim just as much as you need to to release the leaves STEP 2: SORT BY COLOR Find the yellowest bits and locate the point at which they begin to turn dark green  ...STEP 2: SORT BY COLOR Find the yellowest bits and locate the point at which they begin to turn dark green