Salad shouldn’t be boring. Inspired by a Burmese ginger salad referred to as gyin (or gin) thoke, this recipe for a punchy-crunchy salad — with an assortment of seeds, legumes, fried garlic chips, shallots, chiles, and pickled ginger — is the antithesis of boring. The toppings add layer upon layer of texture and excitement to … Continue Reading
This is a sponsored post for Partners Crackers. I teamed up with Partners Crackers to create a series of everyday spreads or finger foods for your next gathering. First off, marinated labneh cheese in extra virgin olive oil with Herb Snack Crackers. If you’ve ever thought about making cheese, labneh is about as simple as … Continue Reading
Brrr it’s cold out. With the slightest hint of cold weather, all I want to do is hibernate until spring. Not sure how I survived all those years living in Chicago? All I crave this time of year are warming, comforting bowls of soup and stew. The other day, I made a chicken noodle soup … Continue Reading
Was doing some research for an article on grain-based Mediterranean soups when I came across farinata di cavalo nero (kale and polenta soup). I was instantly intrigued. Essentially, an Italian [Tuscan] porridge-like soup made with polenta/cornmeal and kale, more specifically Tuscan kale, also known as lacinato or dinosaur kale. And since, for some reason, I had … Continue Reading
On a recent adventure to Spain, I smuggled the following items back home in my backpack: several canisters of hot smoked paprika (pimentón), a jar of smoked piquillo peppers, several cans of assorted fish/seafood (sardines, of course, tuna, razor clams), Marcona almonds, chorizo, morcilla, jamon iberico de bellota, extra virgin olive oil, aged manzanilla sherry, … Continue Reading
