Italian Broccoli Romanesco

Today I took Sophie to the Pike Place Public Market and a strange vegetable caught my eye. Romanesco is a variation of cauliflower from Italy. It looks like it's from another planet. I brought it home to eat it and found myself compelled to get a bit artsy fartsy with it first. I broke out my new Elinchrome Snoot to light it and snapped off a few pics while the oven was pre-heating. Got the shots, chopped it up, baked it at 400 for around 20 minutes with some butter and garlic on top and voila! Then I broke out some Photoshop recipes to come up with these...