Culinary News
Month: August 2016
Ingredient Of The Day: Cylindra Beet
The Cylindra Beet, aka Formanova Beet, is an heirloom variety of beet that is fruity and sweeter than regular beets. Use like you would regular Red Beet in Borscht, salad, Risotto, soup, and vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bittercress
Bittercress, aka Lamb’s Cress, is a leafy green that can be used for salad, soup, stew, or a braising green. Use sparingly because it is bitter, the other flavor profiles are earthy, grassy, and vegetal.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Maroon Carrot
The Maroon Carrot, aka Red Carrot, is an heirloom variety of carrot with an earthy-sweet flavor and an appetizing maroon color. Use for crudités, salad, soup, stew, stir-fry, and tempura.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Xoconostle
Xoconostle is a fruit that is used more like a vegetable and looks similar to a Red Prickly Pear. They have a sour-tart flavor and are used for salsa and in cocktails such as margaritas.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Golden Antique Radish
Golden Antique Radish is a light colored round radish with an earthy-peppery-slightly spicy flavor. Use for crudités, salad, and stir-fry. Most radishes are used raw or pickled but we’ve seen a new trend of roasting or sautéing them.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pom Pom Mushroom
Pom Pom Mushroom, aka Bearded Hedgehog Mushroom or Bearded Tooth Mushroom or Lion’s Mane Mushroom, ranges in size from golf ball to soccer ball and has a spongy-stringy-meaty texture. They have a briny-earthy-slightly sweet flavor and are good in a pasta dish, Risotto, stir-fry, and tempura.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Cheddar Cauliflower
Cheddar Cauliflower is an orange variety of Cauliflower with an earthy-musty-nutty flavor. Use for crudités, salad, soup, stew, and a vegetable side dish. The Orange Cauliflower is similar to regular Cauliflower and can be used in the same manner.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Chinese Shiso
Chinese Shiso, aka Chinese Perilla, is similar to Green Shiso and Red Shiso with a earthy-minty-pungent flavor. Use in salad, Sashimi, Sushi, and Spring Roll.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Radish Blossom
Radish Blossom, aka Radish Flower, is the Radish Top when it begins to flower. They have a floral-peppery-slightly spicy flavor and are best used as a garnish, in salad, and Risotto.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Dragon Fruit
Dragon Fruit is a tropical fruit with a petal like exterior and a red-pink interior. They have a fruity-acidic-slightly sweet flavor similar to a Kiwi. Use them for fruit dishes, salad, and salsa.…