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Posts tagged “salads”

Recipe: Grilled Cactus and Corn Salad

Among the summer treats we found at the Barnsdall Art Park market this week were sweet corn and fresh nopales, or prickly pear cactus paddles. We picked up a few ears and pads and when we got home, th...

National Food Roundup: Goat Cheese, From Prison
From Nationwide Newspaper Food Sections 7.15.09

That fancy goat cheese you're eating? It may have started its journey to your plate from a prison in Colorado. Also in this week's roundup, fresh herbs at the center of Vietnamese cooking and the plea...

Tip: How To Plump Up Your Raisins

In a recent post I made an offhand comment about plumping raisins, and someone asked about this. This is such a basic little technique that I take it for granted, but when I first learned it it made s...

Try This! Baked Tofu

We're newly obsessed with baked tofu at our house! These little squares of chewy goodness are perfect for salads or even a quick snack when we're trying to eat light. Plus, heads up dorm-dwellers - yo...

Seasonal Spotlight: Purslane

We've been seeing a lot of purslane popping up recently at the Farmer's Markets. But what exactly is it?...

Threatened Truffles, Ground Beef Recall, and Foie Gras:
Top food news for May 19-23

Wow, so much food news this week, but most of it good! Read on ......

San Francisco Chronicle: Food Section Roundup

This week in the San Francisco Chronicle Food section: prepared foods for Passover, two recipes for lamb, spoonbread, and more....

San Francisco Chronicle Food Section Roundup

This week in the San Francisco Chronicle: recipes for absinthe cocktails, ways to win over beet haters, fish tacos, and pecorino senese cheese....