RECIPE: Green Bean Salad With Bacon Vinaigrette & Bacon Garnish

If your salads have the winter blahs, you can revive them with bright red vegetables, fruits (apples, pears, dried cranberries, pomegranate arils), other colorful produce, and nuts. Another idea: Make this snappy salad with green beans instead of lettuce. You can make it with cooked green beans, but we like the beans to be raw…
Continue reading “RECIPE: Green Bean Salad With Bacon Vinaigrette & Bacon Garnish” →

Hot & Spicy Congee Recipe For International Hot & Spicy Day

[1] Hot and spicy congee with chili crunch. The recipe is below (photo © Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog). [2] Chili crunch gives heat to this recipe. It’s become a popular ingredient, found in Asian stores as well as general grocers, including Trader Joe’s. This one is available on Amazon (photo © Momofuku). [3] Plain…
Continue reading “Hot & Spicy Congee Recipe For International Hot & Spicy Day” →

Dutch Crunch Bread: What It Is & Recipes To Bake Your Own

[1] Hot Johnnie’s Dutch Crunch Pastrami Sandwich, made on Dutch Crunch bread. On this loaf, the rice paste forms “tiger stripes” (photo © Flavor & The Menu). [2] In these and the remainder of the Dutch Crunch photos, the pattern is giraffe-like. Here’s the recipe (photo © Honeyville). [3] Another example of why it’s also…
Continue reading “Dutch Crunch Bread: What It Is & Recipes To Bake Your Own” →