Category Archives: salad
Hip to be Square
I’ve always been a fan of composed salads: The kind where you display your ingredients separately and in a single-layer, rather than combined and tossed in a bowl. Certain classic salads lend themselves well to thi-like a Cobb or chef’s … Continue reading
A Feeling French Lunch
This past Saturday, I had a craving for a dish that I normally associate with one of my favorite places in the worldâ Cafe de la Mairie, which is located on the Place St. Sulpice in Paris. Although the name … Continue reading
Roasting Cauliflower and the New Waldorf Salad
There’s pretty much no ingredient I won’t roast, but I find that spring vegetables are transformed particularly well by giving them the high-dry-heat treatment. Asparagus, sugar snap peas, carrots, beets, radishes, broccoli…I don’t know if they’re all technically spring-season crops … Continue reading
FOOD for THOUGHT
This has been one of the wackiest weeks ever. First, a much needed holiday for MLK Day, followed by a school early dismissal, then a snow day, and before you know it, it’s Thursday…where did the week go? Why is … Continue reading
Day 2 of Dinner Recipes for Surviving the Holidays: Couscous with Dried Cranberries, Cashews, and Orange
For the Tuesday installment of the KEEPERS holiday recipe series, I’m sharing a couscous dish that combines ingredients that I think should always be found in your pantryâdried fruit, nuts, maple syrup, and couscousâalong with orange juice and zest, which … Continue reading