Frisée

A member of the chicory family, frisée (the word means “curled" in French) looks like a burst of sunshine, with a bright yellow center surrounded by green. Its delicate bitterness is a delightful accent to savory ingredients such as bacon. For salads, discard the hard, very bitter dark green outer leaves, and use only the pale green and yellow leaves. Frisée is sometimes sold as ricchia, its Italian name.