Broccoli rabe, garlic, potato saute with kalamata olives plus tips for balancing bitterness in dishes. Some vegetables are the bad boys of the garden. They polarize; flaunt a “love-me-or-hate-me” attitude; and bully with Superfood promises. It starts when we’re young. Recently, the 4-year-old son of a friend was completely terrorized by the seemingly harmless broccoli I served at dinner one night. When he realized his mother was going to make him eat it, he was at first inconsolable; ...
