New Hampshire homesteader Michelle Visser champions chicory as an all-natural alternative to chemically decaffeinated coffee. "I make a tea from dried chicory root that tastes just like coffee," the ...

This article is brought to you by Ochsner Health. If you’ve ever sipped a café au lait in the French Quarter, you have tasted chicory’s signature notes. But hidden in that cup is a humble root whose ...

A long time ago, while in graduate school, I presented at a Neuroscience convention in New Orleans. That was my one and only visit. Besides the wonderful music, food and science, one of the highlights ...

July brings patriotism, hot weather, hot dogs, fireworks and chicory blooming along the roadsides in Wisconsin. The pretty blue blooms are common chicory — Cichorium intybus —a plant that originated ...

Pollinators come to chicory's flowers, but few insects can eat its leaves. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeffrey Mitton. Chicory caught my eye when I was a young boy, for it has axillary ...

After a busy week, the last thing I want to do is head to the grocery store. Between making a list, wrangling my reusable shopping bags and dealing with the weekend crowds, it’s a pretty chaotic ...

If you’ve ever sipped a café au lait in the French Quarter, you have tasted chicory’s signature notes. But hidden in that cup is a humble root whose story is bigger than a single sip. To learn more ...