Culinary News
Month: January 2023
Ingredient Of The Day: North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash
The North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash is a large winter/hard squash that averages in size of a half a meter in length and 20 centimeters wide and around 5 kilos from Northern Georgia, USA. The oblong squash has orange flesh and a light orange with greenish-teal tip on its outer shell was originally grown by …
Ingredient Of The Day: Baby Scarlet Turnip
The Baby Scarlet Turnip, aka Baby Pink Turnip, is an heirloom variety of turnip with an earthy-peppery-slightly sweet flavor and a crisp-crunchy texture. Use for crudités, salad, or as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Ettinger Avocado
The Ettinger Avocado is a variety of Avocado with a thin-smooth shell and large pit. They have an earthy-buttery-fruity flavor and creamy-oily texture. Use for salad, sandwiches, Guacamole, sauce, vinaigrette, or purée for a chilled soup.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Cassava Root
The Cassava Root, aka Manioc and Yuca Root, is a tuber vegetable with a mild flavor and starchy texture. The vegetable is primarily used as a thickener for soups and stews or made into flour.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Seville Orange
The Seville Orange, aka Bitter Orange and Sour Orange, has a sour-tart-slightly bitter flavor. Because of the sour-bitter flavor it is usually used for preserves, sauces, and cocktails.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Green Ginger
Green Ginger, aka Baby Ginger, Spring Ginger, White Ginger, and Young Ginger, is harvested early and has a milder flavor than regular Ginger. Use like you would regular Ginger in Asian dishes, desserts, marinade, sauce, Aïoli, and vinaigrette.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Endive
Red Endive is similar to regular Endive and is used in the same way. Use for salad, crudités, or use as a vehicle for canapés, or braise for a vegetable side dish. They have a vegetal-slightly bitter-slightly sweet flavor and a crisp-crunchy texture.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Baby Pink Carrot
The Baby Pink Carrot is a small heirloom variety of carrot with a pink color. They have a slightly sweet-earthy flavor and are best used raw as a garnish or for crudités or salad to showcase their color.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Speckled Romaine Lettuce
Speckled Romaine Lettuce is similar to regular Romaine Lettuce but the coloring has green with red blotches. It has a mild flavor with a crisp-crunchy texture and can be used for Caesar Salad, salad, and sandwiches.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Cresta Di Gallo
Cresta Di Gallo is a variety of cress with a crunchy texture and a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor. It is less peppery than other types of cress and is best used raw in a salad or sandwich or as a garnish.…