Culinary News
Month: July 2016
Ingredient Of The Day: Parval Cucumber
Parvar Cucumber, aka Pointed Gourd Cucumber, is small cucumber with a mild flavor. These cucumbers need to be cooked in soups, stews, and curry dishes to soak up the flavors. The seeds are hard and need to be removed and the skin should be peeled, so the prep is labor intensive.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Zebra Tomato
Red Zebra Tomato is a summer tomato similar to the Green Zebra Tomato with an acidic-slightly sweet flavor and juicy texture. Use in salad, sandwich, sauce, soup, and Caprese Salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Marionberry
Marionberry, or Marion Berry is a summer berry similar to Boysenberry with a tart-slightly sweet flavor and a tender-juicy texture. Use them in baked goods such as cobbler, crumble, and crisp or in jams and chutneys.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Sunflower Petal
The Sunflower Petal is edible and can be use in salads or as a garnish. It has a grassy-vegetal-slightly bitter flavor and a tender-chewy texture.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pink Variegated Eureka Lemon
The Pink Variegated Eureka Lemon, aka Pink Lemonade Lemon, is a type of citrus with a tangy-tart-acidic flavor and juicy texture. Use the lemon in Ceviche, Aïoli, marinade, vinaigrette, and cocktails.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bronze Fennel Frond
Bronze Fennel Frond, aka Bronze Fennel Leaves, is similar to regular Fennel Frond but with a bronze color. They have a floral-slightly sweet flavor and can be used to enhance a dish or as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Marrow Squash
Marrow Squash, aka Costata Romanesca Squash or Vegetable Marrow, is an heirloom variety of summer squash that is similar to Zucchini and has an earthy-slightly sweet flavor. They are best used cooked and can be baked, grilled, roasted, and deep fried.…
Ingredient Of The Day: White Wonder Cucumber
The White Wonder Cucumber, aka Miniature White Cucumber, is a yellow summer cucumber with a slightly sweet flavor and crisp-crunchy texture. Use in salad, Ceviche, crudités, sandwich, and Gazpacho.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Forbidden Rice
Forbidden Rice, aka Black Rice or Emperor Rice, is a specialty rice with an earthy-slightly sweet-nutty flavor. Use it in rice dishes like you would other types of rice.…
Ingredient Of The Day: French Prune
The French Prune is a juicy, floral, sweet variety of plum that is great for out-of-hand eating or used in baked goods and jams. They can also be dried and used as Dried Prunes.…