Want to know what the peek is this week? Here are some hints:

• Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus is a variety of thistle species
• The plant’s edible portion is the flower buds before blooming
• The flower head is composed of an inflorescence with many bracts on an edible base
• Another perennial variety is called the cardoon, which is native to the Mediterranean
• Wild forms and cultivars exist
• The bud’s edible parts include the fleshy lower portions of the involucral bracts as well as the base, called the heart
• The immature florets in the bud’s center is known as the choke, or beard, which are inedible in older, larger flowers

Check out this week’s delicious peek.