It was introduced to grocery stores in Japan but has taken a while to come to the U.S. Karifuore (say the name fast and it sort of sounds like cauliflower) was developed and introduced in 2012 by Japanese breeder Tokita. It goes by many names: Karifuore cauliflower, fioretto cauliflower, sprouting cauliflower, flowering cauliflower, and Chinese cauliflower. At the Asian markets, the flowering cauliflower was labeled “Chinese Cauliflower” but when I researched it, the vegetable is a combination of cauliflower and broccoli. When I cut apart the clusters, the flowering cauliflower looked like Dr. Last Sunday, when I saw the cauliflower at Lion Market in San Jose, I decided it was time to get some to check it out. Three sightings, on both coasts in March, April and May. ![]() When I was in Boston, I spotted the flowering cauliflower again – this time at the Cambridge, Massachusetts Avenue, location of H Mart, a Korean market chain. We both thought it looked weird but interesting. My friend, Andrew Janjigian, senior editor at Cook’s Illustrated, mumbled about having seen it back East but he hadn’t tried it. Then I saw the flowering cauliflower again in San Francisco’s Chinatown at a greengrocer. But it was being sold at a normal price, not a discount super special deal, despite the signage. ![]() When I first spotted flowering cauliflower at a Chinese market in the San Gabriel Valley, I took it for a one-off, an outlier. It looks like an overgrown cauliflower, a head that has rogue, or somehow gotten electrocuted.
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