Culinary News
Month: September 2016
Ingredient Of The Day: Tindora
The Tindora is a small green and white striped oblong vegetable that is used raw or cooked. They have a mild-slightly bitter flavor and crunchy texture. Use for curry dish, Indian cuisine, salad, soup, stew, or stir-fry.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Feijoa
The Feijoa, aka Pineapple Guava, is a tropical fruit with an aromatic-floral-sweet-tangy flavor and a creamy-grainy texture. Cut in half and scoop out the pulp and use for baked goods or any fruit dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Hedgehog Mushroom
The Hedgehog Mushroom, aka Sweet Tooth Mushroom, is similar to the Chanterelle Mushroom but milder. They have an earthy flavor and a firm-dry texture. Use for egg dishes, pasta and risotto dishes, sauce, soup, and stew.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fresh Black Eyed Pea
The Fresh Black Eyed Pea is harder to find than the more common Dried Black Eyed Pea. The Fresh Black Eyed Pea has a fresher, earthy, nutty flavor and takes less time to cook. After cooking, use for salad, soup, and stew.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Cutting Celery
Cutting Celery, also known as Italian Celery, Leaf Celery, Smallage, and Wild Celery, is grown primarily for the greens and is different from Celery Greens. They have a earthy-anise-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and can be used as a braising green, for salad, or as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Baby Leek
The Baby Leek, aka Tara or Tareh or Tarreh, is a regular Leek that hasn’t matured yet and is more similar to a Chive or Scallion. They have a big bold flavor that is earthy, grassy, musty, vegetal, and slightly sweet. Use them by chopping raw for a garnish to add flavor to dishes.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Adriatic Fig
The Adriatic Fig is a green variety of fig with an aromatic-sweeet flavor and creamy texture. Use for out-of-hand eating, for a jam or compote, or in a salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Sparkler Radish
The Sparkler Radish, aka White Tip Radish, is a mild variety of radish with red and white markings and an earthy-slightly sweet flavor. Use raw for crudités and salad or cooked for stir-fry and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Piccolo Squash
Piccolo Squash is a round soft summer squash with green stripes and a firm texture. They have a mild-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and can be used raw or cooked. Use for Ratatouille, Risotto, soup, stew, Tempura, and vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fresh Dragon Tongue Bean
The Fresh Dragon Tongue Bean is an heirloom bean similar to a Green Bean and has purple and white coloring that looses it color when cooked. They have a grassy-vegetal flavor and can be used for salad, crudités, and vegetable side dish.…