As so many things are about to come in season, fennel is on its way out. Enjoy it one more time before it disappears for several months.

Food Ideas

• Love to Cook: Pork roast (or fish) with roasted (or grilled) fennel
• Weeknight Reality: Roasted sausage (or potatoes) with fennel
• Need a Miracle: Fennel slaw, topped with shredded chicken or boiled eggs

Recipe Links

• Earl Grey-Crusted Pork Loin with Fennel & Apples – Food & Wine (2-2 1/2 hours – mostly roasting time)
• Grilled Swordfish with Onions & Fennel – Food & Wine (about an hour)
• Harissa-Roasted Carrots, Fennel & New Potatoes with Couscous – Food & Wine (about an hour)
• Roasted Sausage with Broccoli and Fennel – Food 52 (about 30 minutes)
• Citrus Salad with Fennel Vinaigrette – bon appetit via Epicurious (about 30 minutes)
• Fennel, Orange & Cabbage Slaw – Food & Wine (about 30 minutes)
• Celery, Apple & Fennel Slaw – bon appetit test kitchen, via Epicurious (about 10 minutes)

Parting Thought

Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-ages people…Fennel… smelling of changes to come.