To try and decide each week where and what to eat in and around the basin can be a challenge – there are so many amazing choices. Paxton’s Braised Fennel Rob Galloway / Tahoe Daily TribuneI’m not certain just how popular fennel is. For this dish, baby fennel is braised in a French Provençal style method where it first gets seared in a combination of triple filtered beef tallow and butter. It’s then braised until the liquid cooks down to a syrupy consistency and finished off with a cold-pressed raw olive oil, fresh herbs, smoked salt, and fennel pollen. Parents, if there ever was a way to get your kids to eat veggies, this is the way.