The broccoli-rabe hero at Fratelli Pizza Café is vegetarian sorcery-the bitter green vegetable in a sheen of olive oil, liberally dotted with golden cloves of garlic.— Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories
Everyone I know raves about the rabe, which is what I went with-it gives the sandwich a slightly bitter bite.— Serious Eats
Our waiter strangely suggested we order the Maryland crab cakes, but we opted for the broccoli rabe and sausage sautéed with garlic and extra virgin olive oil, a simple, yet uninspired southern Italian-sounding dish that was oily and undersalted; the rabe was overcooked and exceedingly soft.— Yale Daily News: Latest Issue
But it was the cime di rapa (or broccoli rabe or rapini) I bought that made me the happiest.— Lucullian delights - an Italian experience
Italian style sausages with broccoli rabe, garlic and extra virgin olive oil

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