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Category: Ingredient Spotlight
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.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pineberry
The Pineberry is a more delicate and sweeter variety of Strawberry. They have a floral-fruity-sweet flavor and juicy-tender texture. Because they are such a specialty variety they are best used as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: White Asparagus
White Asparagus is a variety that is hardier then Green Asparagus. It has an earthy-grassy-vegetal-slightly bitter flavor and a tough-woody texture. Blanch, boil, simmer, steam, sauté, or roast and use in a salad or for a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Italian Dandelion
Italian Dandelion, aka Red Dandelion, can be prepared raw or cooked. It has a slightly bitter-tangy flavor and a tender-crunchy texture and is used as a garnish or in a soup or salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pomelo
The Pomelo, or Chinese Grapefruit, is a variety of citrus with an aromatic-tart-slightly sweet flavor. Use the Pomelo segments in a salad or fruit dish and use the juice for a vinaigrette, marinade, Aïoli, or in cocktails.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Lamb
Lamb has a season and it is springtime, so you will start seeing it on more menus around this time. Young lamb has a mild-slightly sweet flavor and comes in many cuts such as Rack Of Lamb, Leg Of Lamb, and Lamb Shank.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bishop’s Weed
Bishop’s Weed, aka Fish Mint, Fishwort, Goutweed, and Heartleaf, is used as an herb. It has a fishy-minty-pungent flavor and should be used sparingly for a garnish, in salad, vinaigrette, and many other dishes.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Radish Blossom
The Radish Blossom, or Radish Flower, is an edible flower with a floral-peppery-slightly spicy flavor. They are best used as a garnish but they can also be used for Risotto, salad and stir-fry.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Green Strawberry
The Green Strawberry is an unripe Strawberry that is usually used in savory cooking. They have an acidic-fruity-tart-slightly sweet flavor and can be used as is or pickled. Use for a garnish, in relish, salad, and salsa.…