Radicchio, a colorful cold-weather vegetable, brings bold, peppery flavor to bean soup.

If the recipe calls for sliced or chopped radicchio, slice the whole head in half and cut out the white core at the bottom. From there, slice or chop as desired. For either application ...

Most common in the UK is red chicory, an endive-shaped small radicchio. Castelfranco is a white, round radicchio and worth seeking out. Radicchio is in season during the autumn and spring ...