Arugula

Arugula is a tender, dark green leafy vegetable with lobed leaves. It tastes peppery and slightly bitter with a faint nuttiness, and the delicate leaves wilt quickly with heat. Use it fresh in salads, scattered on pizzas after baking, or briefly wilted into pastas and eggs; sold as baby arugula in bags or as mature bunches.

Native to the Mediterranean, arugula gained prominence in Italian and Southern European cooking and spread globally through salad culture. Growers raise it as a cool-season crop, with greenhouse production and frequent sowings maintaining year-round supply.