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leek
Old Emperor Nero ate them by the bushel (he thought they would improve his singing voice), but the humble leek doesn't really have a starring role in the Italian kitchen today. They appear often in savoury tarts and in vegetable pasta sauces, and as everywhere else, they are often teamed up with potatoes.
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by liz west