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[1] Combine kale or spinach with squash (there are two types here), grilled onions and a large dice of root vegetables (photo © Good Eggs). [2] Fall salad with apple, squash, manchego cheese and toasted hazelnuts, at Kindred Restaurant in Davidson, North Carolina (photo © M. Blake Pope | Kindred). [3] Pear and endive salad…
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Updated August 2026 There is no National Salad Dressing Day, but there should be. Few people want to eat a plate of undressed greens. So today we tackle salad dressing, starting with some food trivia: The word “salad” derives from the Latin herba salta, salted herbs. In ancient Rome, greens were usually seasoned with salty…
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September is National Whole Grains Month, an occasion to revisit some oldies but goodies. Thanks to King Arthur Baking (formerly King Arthur Flour) for this primer on eight* ancient grains. “Ancient grains” is a marketing term used to describe a category of grains and pseudocereals, that are purported to have been minimally changed by selective…
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