It lives up to its name, as the hairs will stick to your mouth and throat if you try to eat them. Take a spoon and scoop all the hairs off. Now you're left with the prized heart of the artichoke ...

Much of the flavorful appeal of artichokes comes from cynarin, a magical chemical compound that makes everything else you eat or drink -- even water -- taste sweeter. So, how do I go about getting ...

The most common type of artichokes in the U.S. is the Globe variety. One plant can produce up to 30 chokes of varying sizes.

The work of Viviane le Courtois is all about community, waste, decay and everyday things, and those themes followed through in her RedLine installation How to Eat an Artichoke?, a complex study of ...

Middle Eastern folk eat them in salads with broad beans and peas, tossed with bacon and mint and shallots. Italians love cooking artichokes with rabbit, thyme, garlic, anchovies and tomatoes ...