monachine - named for the “little nuns” of Italy whose white caps resembled their own - at his Washington Park home, where he’s transplanted his father’s prized cardoons and artichokes. People throw the word “heirloom” around a lot, but the monachine is truly that: a family heirloom passed from one hand to the next in the Angelo Pellegrini family, who connects them Rober Mondavi, who connects them back to a village in Italy.