Artichoke etiquette provokes a lawsuit
A Florida man is suing a restaurant for not teaching him how to eat an artichoke. Arturo Carvajal claims he suffered “severe abdominal pain and discomfort” after eating an entire grilled artichoke—a dish “he had never seen or heard of previously.” The restaurant, he says, failed to explain that only the tender, inner leaves are digestible.
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