“Cabbages. Take one home with you today. It’s your sweet friend,” said Jack Bishop, the ingredient guru and chief creative officer of America’s Test Kitchen, at the end of a segment last season.
Cabbage is a cool-weather hero of the vegetable world. The big brassicas might take up a lot of space in the fridge, but Bishop is right. You should become pals with the versatile ingredient. It elevates a global litany of dishes with its balance of subtle sweetness and earthy depth, bringing cordial adaptability to a variety of cooking methods and cuisines. We love how the vegetable bridges culinary traditions, appearing in everything from Irish colcannon and Chinese dumplings to an all-American picnic coleslaw.
