artichoke – eSefarad

In the history of the artichoke, a history of Sephardic Jews By Liza Schoenfein

The glorious vegetable made its way from the Iberian Peninsula during the Inquisition to Sicily and then to the Jewish Ghetto of Rome. With its multiple layers of sage-green and sometimes purple-tinged triangular leaves forming a stately bud-like cone, the artichoke rewards the patient connoisseur. Photo by Liza Schoenfein There are …