Cauliflower, once king, still is LI royalty
Photo credit: Newsday/Ken Spencer | Cauliflower
Likely you think of lobster or a juicy steak as a luxury, but cauliflower? Yet, in its own way, cauliflower is a Long Island luxury, one with a proud history.
"Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education," goes the oft-quoted witticism from Mark Twain. Cauliflower is, in fact, a kind of mutant of cabbage.
Historically and up until the 1950s, Long Island was nearly as...
