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[1] ‘Nduja is traditionally used as a bread spread (photo © Real Food Toronto). [2] For a fancier presentation, turn it into bruschetta (photo © Great British Chefs). [3] It melts into pasta sauce or on a pizza; or you can sprinkle it as a garnish (a cloud of ricotta tempers the heat; photo ©…
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[1] Beets are most familiar in a reddish-purple hue, but are also available in different shades of red, orange, white, yellow, even red with a red and white bullseye pattern inside, called chioggia [KYO-gee-a] beets (photos #1 and #4 © Quinciple). [2] Chioggia beets (photo by Woodley Wonderworks | CC-By-2.0 License). [3] Roasted salmon on…
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Pimento cheese is known as a Southern specialty, along with barbecue, catfish and hush puppies, grits, red velvet cake, and sweet tea. Yet, according to a Southern culinary historian, the soft cheese and red bell pepper spread is a Northern invention. The recipe to make your own pimento cheese is below, following the history of…
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Wild nettles. Photo courtesy Good Eggs | San Francisco. If you like to scour farmers markets looking for rare seasonal delicacies, keep an eye out for stinging nettles, Urtica dioica. Now there’s a name that can get the juices flowing—or not. Some varieties have no sting or burn*; those that do can be neutralized…
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You love it on pizza, lasagna, panini, and in a Caprese salad. But there‘s more you can do with mozzarella. For example, Crave Brothers, Wisconsin-based producers of award-winning cheeses, say that mozzarella and fresh vegetables were made for each other. Think beyond the eight-ounce or one-pound balls of mozzarella to other sizes: Perlini (per-LEE-nee), tiny…
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