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Food of Japan, Gardening, Vegetables

Burdock Towers: Growing Long Vegetables at Home

June 15, 2011 1 Comment
Burdock root towers

One of my minor frustrations with Elizabeth Andoh’s “Kansha” (my review is here) is that quite a few recipes feature burdock (a.k.a. great burdock, gobo, Arctium lappa), but all of the supply in local markets seems to be grown in Taiwan, even in Berkeley Bowl and Tokyo Fish Market, two markets that have many types […]

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