Photos: Step-by-step: How to trim an artichoke
Fill a bowl with cool water and add the juice of 1 lemon. Hold an artichoke in one hand with the stem facing toward you and the tip facing away. Slowly turn the artichoke against the sharp edge of a knife while making an abbreviated sawing motion, cutting the outer leaves at the base.
(Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Trimming artichokes can be a long, painful process, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s how I learned to do it many years ago from a friend who had been a line cook at Commander’s Palace in New Orleans.
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