I heard about this corn salad from a recipe in the eatsiptrip website mentioned in an article in USA Today. The article raved about the anomaly that there is a very good restaurant in a Cenex service station in Walla Walla, Washington, and said that their best-selling dish is a grilled corn salad, modeled on Read More …
This no-recipe recipe is adapted from an article in the New York Times. The idea is to turn a steakhouse classic combination into a summer salad (although with cherry tomatoes the same idea should work during the winter). Steak Beefsteak tomatoes (in season. Alternatively cherry tomatoes out of season) Blue cheese Onion Parsley Sherry Read More …
I had some leftover grilled steak, and some leftover Thai inspired marinade from Steak with Reverse Marinade and with the two made Thai Beef Salad for lunch. When I am starting from scratch, my usual reference is A Taste of Thailand, a small book published by the South China Morning Post in 1982. Our copy Read More …
Since summer is a good time for grilling, here is a salad in which most of the ingredients are grilled, including the corn which is in season and cheap at the supermarket. The idea for this was in Fine Cooking magazine, and this recipe was scaled for 2 people 2 large ears of corn, Read More …
This Korean-style salad is adapted from Bon Appetit. I served it with pork bulgogi and rice. It needs to be made with thin-skinned cucumbers which can be eaten unpeeled. 1 lb. Persian cucumbers (or English hothouse cucumbers) 1 tsp. kosher salt (plus more to taste) 3 scallions, sliced 3 Tbs. unseasoned rice vinegar 1 tsp. Read More …
This mustard vinaigrette is an adaptation of a recipe which appeared in the Wall St. Journal in November 2014. I have now made it a couple of times. There is a certain amount of elapsed time to let the chopped shallot mellow with the vinegar, and to generally meld the flavors, but this takes only Read More …