Pickling chanterelles and a recipe for globe artichokes

Flavours of summer.

Globe artichokes cut through the middle of the head, pale green and blushed purple, the concentric rings of the outer leaves, rough and thick, working inwards to the choke in the middle. The choke in its heart, that mixture of textures and colours. Magnificent to look at. I stare at what’s in front of me. Study how it's formed. The gold, cream, green an…