Friday Feast | Enjoying Leeks on a Summer's Evening

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I developed a fondness for leeks within the past five years. Like onions, leeks are a bulbous vegetable. They're part of the Allium (onion, shallot, garlic, scallion, and chive) family. Commonly grown as an annual for its mildly pungent succulent leaves and especially for its thick cylindrical stalk.

Did you know leeks are a native of Britain that have been grown for thousands of years there? They are particularly abundant in Wales.

Usually, I enjoy leeks with ga...