What it is: With their treelike florets and forest green hue, broccoli rabe and broccoli certainly look like siblings. But looks can be deceiving; they are not even from the same family. Broccoli is related to cauliflower, in the cabbage family, while broccoli rabe (raab, rapini, or rape) is the tender shoot of a wintered-over turnip. One taste of each ... (Full article: 283 words)
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