In Dogliani, Piemonte we explored some of those local products . After finding our unusual vegetable puntarella, we moved over to the Sicilian blood oranges and an array of radicchio. In this video, Chef Denise talks about their flavor profiles and how best to combine them. Of course, a beautiful salad recipe came to Chef Denise's mind and she is so generous to share it here with us!

On a beautiful sunny morning in March, Denise let me tag along with her to the Dogliani town farmers market in the beautiful wine country. She introduced me to an incredibly fascinating vegetable called puntarella, which is a Catalonian type of chicory, and also talked to me about mint and radicchio.