Waiter! There's a fractal in my food!

*dramatic sigh*

Romanesco cauliflower, I think I love you.


Oh! Just look at it --- those gorgeous turrets, that stunning color, the self-similar logarithmic spirals...

Here's another angle on my delicious darling:


*swoon*

But now that you've seen the object of my desire, can you blame me? I mean, how can you not love a vegetable that instantiates the Fibonacci sequence? And with loads of vitamin C and fiber to boot!

So what's a girl in love to do? Boost the broiler, break out the tarragon mustard and make a roux, of course. Yummy.