The winner will enjoy three special
cheeses each month. Photo
courtesy EatWisconsinCheese.com.

Mandi Foods is giving one lucky winner a three-month subscription to its Cheese Of The Month Club.

Each month, the cheese buyers select three special cheeses for club members. You’ll have the opportunity to enjoy some of the world’s great cheeses—as well as realize what an enjoyable gift the Cheese Of The Month Club is.

Retail Value Of Prize: Approximately $75.00.

• To Enter This Gourmet Giveaway: Go to the box at the bottom of our Gourmet Cheese Section and click to enter your email address for the prize drawing. This contest closes on Monday, November 15th at noon, Eastern Time. Good luck!
• Even if you don’t win this prize, you can still take advantage of the fabulous cheeses on MandiFoods.com. NIBBLE readers will receive a 20% discount on cheese by entering the word “Nibble” at checkout (through November 30th).

Build a layered salad in individual juice glasses or goblets. The recipe is easy:

• Pick any three salad items that can be cut into a tiny dice and will provide contrasting colors. Think red tomatoes, bell peppers, red onions, radishes; orange carrots and bell peppers; yellow bell peppers and corn; white daikon and cucumber; green celery, green onions and other favorites.
• Add a thin layer of snipped fresh herbs: chives, basil, parsley.
• Choose a miniature leafy vegetable to garnish the top: baby arugula, shredded basil, microgreens or sprouts, or a chiffonade of radicchio or endive.
• Substitute the middle vegetable layer for a dairy layer: Greek yogurt or fresh goat cheese add a crisp white layer and more complex flavors. Or, as the sky’s the limit, add your favorite flavors: a layer of guacamole or a layer of salmon caviar, for example.

Express your creativity with a miniature
layered salad. Photo by Sarsmis | IST.

• For dressing, add a layer of pesto or a creamy dressing; or individually dress the diced vegetable layers before filling the glass.

This recipe is so versatile, you can make one every day of the year with different combinations. If your family members don’t like large, leafy salads, it’s a way to get them to eat a little bit of raw veggies. Who knows—they may ask for seconds.

Find more of our favorite salad recipes in our Gourmet Vegetables Section.

The Harvey Wallbanger. Photo by Jay Keaton | Wikimedia.

Galliano was created in 1896 and named after an Italian war hero, Giuseppe Galliano.

But what about Harvey Wallbanger?

According to legend, Harvey was a Manhattan Beach surfer who patronized Duke’s Blackwatch Bar on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Donato “Duke” Antone, a world champion mixologist, invented the Harvey Wallbanger in 1952.

As the story goes, after losing a competition, the surfer tried one at the bar and banged into a few walls on his way out. (Duke also created the the Rusty Nail, the White Russian and other popular cocktails.)

• Here’s the recipe for the Original Harvey Wallbanger.
• And here’s the Harvey Wallbanger Bundt Cake.