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  • Wash and dry 2 to 3 bunches (about 50 stems) of black kale (also called cavolo nero, Tuscan or dinosaur kale) and toss with 4 tablespoons olive oil and a sprinkling of Kosher salt.

    Grills Gone Wild Katy McLaughlin 2011

  • On a recent Thursday at my neighborhood farmers' market, one farmer had three different varieties of kale on offer - black kale also known as cavolo nero, dinosaur kale, dragon tongue, lacinato or Tuscan kale, curly gray-green kale and red Russian kale, another ruffled variety that has red veins and a purplish color.

    NYT > Home Page By TARA PARKER-POPE 2012

  • Tuscan kale, also called cavolo nero, is new to many home cooks, but it’s increasingly easy to find in our farmers’ markets and organic food stores.

    The City Cook Kate McDonough 2010

  • Half a head (about 7 ounces) dark cabbage such as cavolo nero, kale or savoy, thinly sliced

    unknown title 2009

  • The fire roasted garlic chicken for two people actually can serve more than that! is a house specialty, the menu includes seasonal items so it changes regularly and there are always some difficult choices to make... should we go light with the Atlantic cod served with fennel, roasted artichokes and olives or have the spice-glazed duck with cavolo nero, faro and pomegrante?

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps, Eats Where? In New York, The Greenwich Hotel and Locanda Verde Mara Gibbs 2011

  • The fire roasted garlic chicken for two people actually can serve more than that! is a house specialty, the menu includes seasonal items so it changes regularly and there are always some difficult choices to make... should we go light with the Atlantic cod served with fennel, roasted artichokes and olives or have the spice-glazed duck with cavolo nero, faro and pomegrante?

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps, Eats Where? In New York, The Greenwich Hotel and Locanda Verde Mara Gibbs 2011

  • Elephant ears of crinkled green, sparkling with dew; black plumes of cavolo nero like feathers on a funeral horse, and the dense, ice crisp flesh of red cabbage.

    Homegrown Pleasures, No Lectures Aram Bakshian Jr. 2011

  • Then there are the greens that Jane Scotter grows on her biodynamic, Herefordshire farm, the dark blue-green cavolo nero, purple fringed kale and spinach that squeaks.

    Observer Food Monthly Awards 2011 Best Newcomer: Maltby Street 2011

  • The fire roasted garlic chicken for two people actually can serve more than that! is a house specialty, the menu includes seasonal items so it changes regularly and there are always some difficult choices to make... should we go light with the Atlantic cod served with fennel, roasted artichokes and olives or have the spice-glazed duck with cavolo nero, faro and pomegrante?

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps, Eats Where? In New York, The Greenwich Hotel and Locanda Verde Mara Gibbs 2011

  • The fire roasted garlic chicken for two people actually can serve more than that! is a house specialty, the menu includes seasonal items so it changes regularly and there are always some difficult choices to make... should we go light with the Atlantic cod served with fennel, roasted artichokes and olives or have the spice-glazed duck with cavolo nero, faro and pomegrante?

    Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps, Eats Where? In New York, The Greenwich Hotel and Locanda Verde Mara Gibbs 2011

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