I saw this on a cooking show some time last year; I came into the show late
but I believe the woman was from Italy. From what I could tell when I
started watching, she had taken some baby artichokes and cut them in half
down the center. It appeared they were merely sprinkled with kosher or sea
salt, I couldn't really tell, and then pan fried in olive oil until they
were golden.

I've done some searches and come up with a few recipes. But most of them
call for eggs to make a batter and use either canned quartered artichoke
hearts or frozen artichoke hearts. Example:

2 cans artichoke hearts, wash & drain, cut in halves
In a bowl mix 2 beaten eggs, add salt, pepper and parsley. Take each
artichoke heart and dip in batter. Roll in seasoned bread crumbs and fry.
Can be served either hot or cold.

The batter idea makes some sense, but I don't think that's the actual recipe
for the simple "something-carciofi" I'm thinking of. Since I didn't see the
start of the show and can't even recall which show it was, I don't know if
she used a batter. I know I don't want to use canned or frozen artichoke
hearts; I've seen some lovely baby artichokes in the produce section.

Anyone?

Jill