TIP OF THE DAY: Homemade Tortilla Bowls (Fill With Grilled Chicken Salad!)

Make your own tortilla baskets. They’re tastier than the commercial variety served at many Tex-Mex restaurants. Photo courtesy Chef Ingrid Hoffmann.   For many years of our youth, one of our favorite restaurant lunches was Mexican-style chicken salad in a tortilla bowl. As our palate evolved, we realized that a lot of those tortilla bowls…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Salad Topping For Fish

Today’s tip was inspired by this dish (photo at left) at The Sea Fire Grill, in Manhattan’s Rockefeller Center. At its simplest, the tip is: Serve fish fillets—baked, grilled, pan-fried, roasted or sautéed—topped with a salad of baby greens, very lightly dressed in vinaigrette or olive oil and lime juice.   ADD COLOR TO EVERY…
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