RECIPE: Beyond Shrimp & Grits, Make Cajun Seafood & Grits

January 22nd is National Southern Food Day, Southern Food Heritage Day is October 11th. On both days we turn to one of our favorite dishes from Charleston, South Carolina: Shrimp & Grits. Why didn’t we ever think to make it a seafood medley: shrimp plus crab meat, fish, even scallops? Leave it to a restaurateur,…
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Jar Goods Tomato Sauce, Like Homemade Pasta Sauce

Many food entrepreneurs we’ve met have started their businesses because friends and family said, “This [salsa-pie-barbecue sauce-relish-whatever] is so good, you should sell it. In the case of Melissa Vitelli, co-founder of Jar Goods, it was her father-in-law’s “famous” tomato sauce—recipe that she cooked in advance and relied on to make dinner quickly. She used…
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RECIPE: Asparagus Salad With Ricotta Salata & Roast Chicken

For dinner yesterday, we made this salad from Discover California Wines, the consumer website of the Wine Institute. Its focus is recipes with wine pairings. This asparagus salad recipe (photo #1) reminded us to have as much asparagus as we can while it’s in season. In some parts of the country asparagus is in the…
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