Tomato and Beet Salad with Feta and Mint This is one of those dishes that is good out of all proportion to the difficulty of making it, which is virtually nil. It is totally dependent on using great tomatoes and olive …
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It is still early season at our farmer’s markets in the Northwest. The booths aren’t full yet, but I enjoy the challenge of figuring out what to make with a limited palette. Small, super-sweet carrots and radishes in …
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Potato Salad with Feta Cream Dressing We have an annual Mother's day brunch with the Sephardic side of my wife's family, which while not quite the fress of Passover or Rosh Hashanah, always includes lots of big …
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Chopped salad is just exactly what it sounds like: a salad whose ingredients have all been cut down to a fairly uniform size, around 1/2" cubes. It works well as a side dish and it shines as one of the all time great …
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Spicy Mango Salad with Shichimi Togarashi The seasoning for this mango salad was inspired by shichimi togarashi (or the very similar nanami togarashi), a spicy Japanese condiment of ground chili peppers with orange …
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Thai tofu salad (yam taohu) Thai salads (yam) are tremendously refreshing, full of the bright flavors of herbs, citrus and chili peppers, balanced with salt and sweetness from either fruit or palm sugar. They are …
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