Culinary News
Month: April 2023
Ingredient Of The Day: Spring Torpedo Onion
The Spring Torpedo Onion is similar to the Red Onion and Scallion. They have an earthy-mild flavor and can be used as a garnish, in Risotto, salad, salsa, sauce, soup, and stir fry.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Meadow Cress
Meadow Cress, aka Lady’s Smock and Meadow Foam, is an edible weed with an aromatic-grassy-peppery-slightly sweet flavor. Use as a garnish and in salads and sandwiches.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Golden Raspberry
The Golden Raspberry is a variety of raspberry that is orange to yellow in color and has a tart-slightly sweet flavor. They can be used in desserts and baked goods like pies, crisps, and cobblers but because of their unique color they are usually used as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Miner’s Lettuce
Red Miner’s Lettuce aka Indian Lettuce and Claytonia is a delicate green that is available in the springtime. The salad green has an earthy-grassy-vegetal flavor and a crisp-tender texture and is best used as a garnish or in a salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Nasturtium Seed
The Nasturtium Seed, aka California Caper and Nasturtium Pod, is a type of Caper. They have a peppery-pungent-slightly spicy flavor and can be dried and used like Black Pepper or brined and used like a Caper for Tapenade, sauce, or garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Guava
The Guava is a tropical fruit with an acidic-aromatic-sweet flavor. Use for out-of-hand eating, compote, jam, and a sweet or savory sauce.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pirat Lettuce
Pirat Lettuce, aka Red Butter Lettuce, Red Butterhead Lettuce, and Sprenkel. This green has a mild-grassy-sligthly bitter flavor and a crisp-tender texture and is used in salad, sandwiches, and hamburgers.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Garlic Chive Bud
The Garlic Chive Bud is similar to the Chive with an aromatic-grassy-slightly sweet flavor and is typically used as a garnish. The buds grow at the end of the Green Garlic Chive or Yellow Garlic Chive and can be used together with the Chive or separately.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Star Cucumber
The Star Cucumber is similar to regular Cucumber but with a star shape. They are grown in a star shaped mold to get their shape and they have a mild-salty-slightly sweet flavor and are best used as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Nasturtium Flower
The Nasturtium Flower is an edible flower that is available in spring and summer. They have a floral-mild-peppery-slightly sweet flavor and are best used as a garnish or in salads.…