My favorite flower

Mark Twain said cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. Boys and girls, now we know why a college education is important. Melissa must be a professor of cauliflower. She used to roast a whole head of cauliflower with a stick of butter and other goodness that I remember drooling over. But now she cuts up the flowerets pretty small, tosses with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper, throws it on a bar pan, and roasts at high heat. The nutty flavor that develops is addictive ---let it cook long enough to have lots of good brown bits, and you'll start shopping for cauliflower sales like I do. It's been really expensive all summer, but the price has now started going down and I'm back on the twice a week cauliflower routine. It's high in vitamin C, iron, and, of course, fiber.