A couple of recipes that sound good.

[LizStreithorst]

http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-cook-artichokes-in-the-83520  be sure to watch the video she suggests.

And this ones sounds like like a delicious meal.  http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-chicken-and-artichokes-98743

I adore artichokes but I'd forgotten about them of late.  I still have around 6 cans on the shelf from when my Corner Market had them in a shopping basket selling them for nothing.  Nobody wanted them even looked at them but me.  I bought 8 cans for like 20 cents each.

[Mugwump]

I like to peel em off and eat em hot....it's been awhile tho....the recipes look good, haven't watched the vid yet tho...

[LizStreithorst]

If you watch the vid it will make your life so much easier.  I always just boiled the whole thing too, before watching how to prep them.  You can use the stuff you cull from them to toss into the stock pot