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Why is the vegetable called ‘Radicchio’?
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Radicchio is the Italian word for chio (chee-oh). Radicchio is a leafy vegetable that is grown for its distinctive dark-green, crinkled leaves. It is often eaten raw in salads or cooked in soups and stews. Radicchio is also used in Italian cooking, and can be made into a variety of dishes, such as radicchio salad, radicchio with walnuts, and radicchio and arugula.