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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Penne & Potato Salad With Spring Vegetables & More Potato Salad Recipes

Here’s a delicious mashup of pasta salad and potato salad, that you can enjoy warm or chilled. It was created by Priscilla Willis of She’s Cookin’, for Idaho Potato. Priscilla shares that the pairing of pasta and potatoes is popular in the coastal region of Liguria in northwestern Italy, bordering France. That’s not all: There…
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Healthier Potato Recipes & Potato Nutrition For National Tater Day

March 31st is National Tater Day, celebrating all types of potatoes which provide us with essential vitamins, minerals, and fiber. Potatoes are one of the most versatile and widely eaten foods worldwide. They are typically served as a side dish in the U.S.—baked, boiled, fried, hash-browned, mashed, and roasted. Potatoes can also be made into…
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Spinach Mashed Potatoes Recipe, Green For St. Patrick’s Day

This bright green spinach mashed potatoes recipe adds flavor and color to the table year-round but is especially delightful on St. Patrick’s Day. From Idaho Potatoes, it’s actually smashed potatoes (with the skins on), that include a little something extra: sunchokes (photo #3). The recipe was developed by Monica Kass Rogers of Lost Recipes Found…
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Biquinho Chile Peppers From Brazil, A Treat Pickled Or Raw

Move over peppadews: There’s a new mini chile to add panache to your food. Introducing binquino, a petite chile pepper that’s native to Brazil and sold in the US. Rating from 1,000 to 2,000 on the Scoville heat scale, it packs a wee punch—about the same as ground chili powder. The biquinho (bee-KEEN-yo), also known…
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