The Rise and Rise of the Tiny Kalette
The Lilliputian cabbages are appearing as a cause celébre across London’s culinary scene but what exactly are they?
Words by Nicolas Payne-Baader
Wander into any number of London restaurants this month and you might spot a particular vegetable gracing their menus: the Kalette. It’s not a poetic flourish from the front of house but rather a small and quite intriguing new member of the brassica family. Growing out from a thick stalk exactly like a Brussel sprout, each K…