Let’s say you’re a beer drinker. And, by beer drinker, I don’t mean no-other-adult-beverage-is-in-the-fridge-so-I-guess-it’s-a-good-night-for-beer drinker. Instead, you’re someone who first evaluates a restaurant by what’s on their beer list. What’s on tap first only to be followed by the bottled options. It may be very en vogue to be a beer drinker now, what with… Continue reading Warm IPA Braised Cabbage Salad with Pastrami and Swiss
Recipe Category: salad recipes
Bacon Cauliflower Wheat Berry Salad
Sometimes where we end up isn’t where we thought we’d go. There was a season in my life where I refused to cave into procuring a leather jacket because I wanted to be able to live overseas at a moment’s notice. Somehow that jacket unwittingly became the symbol of not settling down into a lifestyle… Continue reading Bacon Cauliflower Wheat Berry Salad
Salad for Endless Summer
Everything inside of me wants to braise– to uncover a pot and release the steam of beer-scented lamb into the small confines of the kitchen. My red Dutch oven peers out from its file cabinet perch, forlorn. The sourdough starter that brings joy to the bread eaters in my family and among friends sits… Continue reading Salad for Endless Summer
Winter Fruit Salad
A famous man once said, “Winter is coming” and the evil king disliked that idea so much that he beheaded him. Okay, the man was really a fictional character, and the king really didn’t chop off his head just because he made the proclamation about the seasons changing. But, sometimes fictional characters are written to… Continue reading Winter Fruit Salad
Bulgur Salsify Salad
Over the course of one’s life you meet people with whom you find a deep camaraderie. It can come about as easily as an introduction between two people, both far from home and overly jet lagged. Mercedes had flown in from Alaska, and I, from California. Both of us had arrived in Massachusetts on red eye… Continue reading Bulgur Salsify Salad
Christmas Salad
Silent night. Holy night. All is calm. All is bright. At a long wooden table, we sat, pulling out our cameras and getting ready for our workshop in the photography studio. We had just begun our day’s discussions when Peter, our teacher, started things off with a simple rhetorical question, “This is a hard time… Continue reading Christmas Salad
Chicken Salad with Creamy Chimichurri Sauce
Beyond the natural world, survival of the fittest perhaps is most prevalent in the kitchen. In the course of establishing how you cook, some ingredients emerge as the work horses, the indispensable elements that lay the foundation for your cooking. In the back of my mind, I can hear my dad bemoan me reaching for… Continue reading Chicken Salad with Creamy Chimichurri Sauce
Broccoli Salad with Raisins or What to Take to a Potluck
It would seem I’m on a bit of a broccoli bender. First came the challenge of concocting a brunch recipe with broccoli that yielded the highly flavorful broccoli breakfast tostadas smeared with an Aleppo pepper white bean spread, roasted broccoli, a dollop of labneh, and a sprinkling of sambal oelek, giving that meal that encompasses… Continue reading Broccoli Salad with Raisins or What to Take to a Potluck
Ensalada Gremolata
I don’t know about you but my eyes perk up when I see Brussels sprouts on a menu. Lest you think I’m some anomaly, in recent years, this winter vegetable has made its way into the food spotlight. Whether doused in bacon grease and cooked on the stovetop or roasted with cracked black pepper and… Continue reading Ensalada Gremolata
Parsley Fennel Citrus Salad
Every now and then you come across something so fabulous you must find a way to make it your own. Last year, I attended a cookbook launch party for “Herbivoracious.” Author, Michael Natkin served up a salad of sautéed grapes with chevre and parsley that piqued my curiosity. I circled the counter where he demonstrated… Continue reading Parsley Fennel Citrus Salad
Toasted Walnut, Green Bean and Labneh Salad
The end of summer comes as an omen of the quick passing of time. One evening in August, something changed in the air. The gusty fog of summers past made way for a wind with bite. We happened to be taking an evening constitutional and I noted Beck popping his collar for a bit of… Continue reading Toasted Walnut, Green Bean and Labneh Salad
Chopped Carrot Basil Salad
This past weekend my cousin Erika flew up to the city by the Bay for a visit with her son, who we will call the Wedding Cake Bandit. We call him that because a very clever wedding photographer caught a somewhat clever ring-bearer right before he deposited his index finger in our wedding cake on… Continue reading Chopped Carrot Basil Salad