French lentil salad with Latin-American flavors
Lentil salad went through some bad years in the 80s and 90s, usually flaccid and overdressed, filled with canned vegetables. There was always the shadow of a good, …
Salad of Puntarelle, Tiny Potatoes and Teleme
Sarina and I both fell in love from afar with these tiny little potatoes from Olsen Farms. We spotted them from a few booths away at the farmer's market, and even though …
The general idea for this lightly cooked zucchini carpaccio came from Paul Bertolli's magnificient Cooking by Hand, which I've reviewed here. I was looking for a something fresh and summery to balance out an Italian …
Only worth doing if you have a garden, or at least farmer's market produce from today. Super simple but a pretty amazing pop of gazpacho-like flavor in your mouth. Finely diced Kirby cucumber
Peas in their pod, …
I’ve never understood why people buy salad dressing, when an infinitely more delicious, fresher, healthier homemade vinaigrette is only 30 seconds away.
I make variations of vinaigrette all the time, but today I want …
Salad of goat cheese, asparagus and beet
I've been inspired by Linda's use of edible flowers, and I realized that I have both chive and rosemary blossoms in my garden right now. The chive flowers are those purple …