{"id":6264,"date":"2026-06-04T23:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/?p=6264"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:25:14","slug":"artichokes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/artichokes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Artichokes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Artichokes are not common in Japan. You would never see fresh ones in a supermarket unless you go to the expat supermarkets in Hiroo or Azabu. And there, they are imported from who knows where and super expensive, while not very good\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So a few years ago I decided to plant some in the kitchen garden. The first year was only leaves\u2026 the second year I harvested three tiny artichokes, and this year, the third, I finally start to have a decent supply of two artichokes per week!! They are not as big and creamy as I expected but they are tasteful. And I love that they grow year after year without having to be replanted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_4693-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My artichokes in the garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now with this constant little supply I needed to come up with some recipe, and with the last lemons on the tree, I came up with this recipe of neither barigoule, neither greek style, but my style lemon artichokes. It is super easy and so delicious, the perfect side dish for grilled tuna, swordfish or just with a slice of sourdough bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lemon artichokes <\/strong>(2 servings)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>4 artichokes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/2 lemon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 large onions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Olive oil<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt, pepper and red pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Remove the bottom leaves of the artichokes, cut the top and cut in four. Remove the hair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a pan heat some olive oil, add the onions chopped very coarsely. Stir until they have softened. Add the artichokes, the lemon cut in four, salt, pepper and red pepper, cover with water and let simmer at medium heat until the liquid is almost gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s ready and delicious hot or at room temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-1400x1867.jpg 1400w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/img_5095-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artichokes are not common in Japan. You would never see fresh ones in a supermarket unless you go to the expat supermarkets in Hiroo or Azabu. And there, they are imported from who knows where and super expensive, while not very good\u2026 So a few years ago I decided to plant some in the kitchen&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/04\/artichokes-2\/#more-6264\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[359,364],"tags":[740,321,1057,1523,16],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6266,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions\/6266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gentianeetantoine.com\/igk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}