Considering Fennel

Eating and drinking with a favorite vegetable

To Eat Fennel

I never appreciated the possibilities of fennel until I had lunch at Cafe Altro Paradiso. This was several years ago, early in the restaurants infancy, when it was still “off the beaten path” and easy to snag a table. It was a chilly December afternoon and the sunlight graciously poured through the windows facing 7th Avenue, on the outer ri…