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September 12 - Rapini Selection Tips:

Also called broccoli raab, choi sum and Chinese flowering cabbage, rapini is used in Italian and Chinese cooking. Cook like broccoli - broil, stir-fry, braise, sauté or steam. Rapini is available from California August through March.

Good-quality rapini will have bright-green leaves that are crisp, upright and not wilted.

Avoid product with leaves that are wilted, yellowing or have dark green patches of slime.

OASIS has much more information on specialty vegetables.

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