Artichokes

Skip this recipe if you don’t own a microwave oven. Before I bought one, I’d indulge my love of fresh artichokes only on weekends when I had the time to prepare them for cooking, boil them, and then clean up the huge cooking pot.

Now that I’ve discovered how uncomplicated and unmessy it is to cook artichokes in a microwave, I can have them any day of the week. In 10 to 20 minutes (depending on how many artichokes I’m cooking at once), my artichokes are cooked beautifully tender, aro