This sweet and tangy harvest salad is a true delight.

Raddicchio (pronounced rah-DEEK-eeyo) is the Italian word for all members of the chicory clan, whether green, cream, red, striped, or marbled. In Canada and the US, however, it generally means only the red-leafed varieties. Often the leaves are ruby-coloured with ivory veins and can range from purple to red, but there is a green variety. All radicchios begin as green leafy clusters. Some gradually turn red and change shape, while others do not. The colour appears only during sufficiently cold temperatures; but, no matter how hard one works to cultivate them, they are predictable in that they are so unpredictable. Radicchio heads will have a white core showing at the base and can come loosely headed or tightly bound. If a small specimen is sold, it is probably because it was heavily trimmed to remove brown leaves