Culinary News
Category: Ingredient Spotlight
Ingredient Of The Day: Broccoli Sprouts
Broccoli Sprouts are a delicate microgreen with a peppery flavor. They are mostly used as a garnish but can also be used in a salad or sandwich.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Quinoa Green
The Quinoa Green, or Quinoa Leaf, is the leafy green part of the Quinoa plant. They have a mild-nutty flavor and crisp-tender texture. They can be used raw or cooked in salad, for Pesto Sauce, Risotto, and as a braising green.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Coarse Himalayan Pink Salt
Coarse Himalayan Pink Salt is a specialty salt that is used as a garnish or finishing salt. It has a mineral-salty flavor and dry-crunchy texture.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Hydro Cress
Hydro Cress, aka Hydro Watercress, is a mild type of cress that is mostly used as a salad green or garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Smitten Apple
The Smitten Apple is one of many varieties of apples. They have a fruity-sweet flavor and a firm-crisp-juicy texture. A nicely balanced apple that is best used for out-of-hand eating or in a salad.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Asparagus
Asparagus is a good sign that springtime has arrived. Asparagus can be found as Green Asparagus, Purple Asparagus, and White Asparagus and they have a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor. Use for crudités, in salad, a puréed soup, vegetable side dish, and wrapped with Prosciutto Crudo.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fuerte Avocado
The Fuerte Avocado is a variety of avocado with a mild-buttery flavor and a creamy-oily texture. Use for Ceviche, salad, Guacamole, sandwiches, sauce, sushi, vinaigrette, and a chilled avocado soup.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Minutina
Minutina, aka Buck’s Horn Plantain and Erba Stella, is a green that can be used raw or cooked. It has a grassy-nutty-vegetal flavor and can be used for a garnish, salad, stir-fry, and vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Mexican Papaya
Mexican Papaya, aka Maradol or Maridol Papaya, is a variety of Papaya with a floral-sweet flavor. Use for out-of-hand eating, a fruit dish, or salsa.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Kaffir Lime Leaf
The Kaffir Lime Leaf has an aromatic-citrus flavor and is used to season soup, stew, and sauces. It can also be used to infuse flavor into liquids such as liquor and cocktails.…