For a winter wonder, try blanching escarole.Winter is a good time to visit an old-fashioned Italian restaurant: cozy, warm and garlic-scented, with escarole on the menu. Snuggle in and you can ...

Kitchen Window: Escarole, Cinderella Of The Chicories This subtle relative of bitter chicories may masquerade among the lettuces, but it's not just for salads. Sturdy escarole stands up to a saute ...

These substitutes may need five to 10 minutes to soften and cook due to their sturdier leaves compared to escarole. So, keep an eye on the soup and taste one of the leaves to ensure it's fully done.

But for this French bistro salad, here are some good places to start your tinkering. For this recipe, we chose red leaf lettuce and escarole to serve as the base.

Add the escarole, minced garlic and crushed red pepper and season with salt and black pepper. Cook, stirring, until the escarole wilts, about 2 minutes.

Made largely from pantry staples, this quick-cooking chicken escarole soup with rice recipe is perfect to keep in your back pocket for an easy dinner during the cooler months.

Chicory leaves are hardy and often bitter, so it’s best to lean into their robust qualities, rather than pretend they are a substitute for mild-mannered lettuce.

Chef Giovanni Farruggio, of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg how to make escarole and beans.