A Checkerboard Melon Salad Recipe & The History Of Melon

[1] A beautiful melon salad (photos #1, #2, and #3 © Oliviers & Co). [2] Cut the cubes from a block of feta (photo © DeLaurenti). [3] Fresh basil is pressed with the olives to create this premium oil (more about it at Oliviers & Co). [4] Lemon Specialty Vinegar, mild without bitterness (more about…
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Baked French Fries Recipe, a.k.a. Oven Fries (It’s National French Fry Day!)

What’s for dinner on July 13th, National French Fry Day? How about baked French fries—no need to deep-fat fry (which is our least favorite kitchen task). Fried potatoes have been around for thousands of years, since the ancestors of today’s Peruvians cooked wild potatoes over fire in oil. But what Americans call French fries began…
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Grilled Romaine Salad Recipe With Fruits & Nuts

[1] Grilled romaine hearts with apples, cherries, walnuts, and feta cheese (photos #1 and #2 © Envy Apples). [2] An Envy apple. [3] It’s easy to grill hearts of romaine (photo © Hitchcock Farms). [4] Use fresh pitted cherries. The photo shows are a mixture of Bing and Queen Anne varieties (photo © Washington State…
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Shredded Salad Recipe & Different Ways To Shred Vegetables

[1] Shredded vegetable salad as a pretty first course (photo © Contra Restaurant | NYC). [2] A shredded salad of red cabbage, carrot, and mint. Here’s the recipe (photo © Recipe Tin Eats). [3] Shredding vegetables on a mandoline (photo © Quinciple | Facebook). [4] Chopped salad (photo © California Olive Ranch | Facebook). [5]…
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FOOD FUN: Potato Chip Salad Recipe & History Of Salt & Vinegar Chips

[1] Wylie Dufresne’s potato chip salad (photo © Lanna Apisukh for The New York Times). [2] We used salt and vinegar potato chips from Kettle Brand (photo © Kettle Brand).   Wylie Dufresne’s potato chip salad at Stretch Pizza in New York City may not seem so revolutionary. It’s a green salad topped with custom-made…
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