Pig Jowl, Raw Bug, Radicchio Heart

What happens to all of the outer leaves of vegetables? When I buy a lettuce or cabbage at a greengrocer’s I often think where is the rest of it? It’s as if the lettuce magically grew like that out in the field, with no green outer leaves. When I buy a vegetable I want the whole plant. Even the roots. If we are creative in our cooking, we can find a delicious way of using every single part of the plant — I believe this will be an important part of the future of food. It takes so much energy