LORELAI: When did you get stitches?
SOOKIE: Friday night. Radish roses.
A radish rose is a radish cut into a rose shape to use as a garnish or plate decoration. They can be very simply done, or be elaborate – Sookie’s are surely very elegant.
It is notable that Sookie’s constant clumsiness was quietly phased out on the show.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 