Try this unusual dessert recipe: Green artichoke cake
Green artichoke cake. All photos: Moriah VanVleet I started daydreaming of artichoke-laden desserts around the same time I discovered Pablo Neruda’s fabulous poem “Ode to the Artichoke”: “…For the final act, we reveal its deliciousness, plucking it leaf by leaf, and devour the peaceable dough that lies at its green heart.”* It was the artichoke’s succulent center that came calling to me with its creamy, earthy and faintly bitter qualities; it brings to mind some of the same beloved features of my favorite sweets. I decided on a simple, tender cake to showcase the veggie alongsid...