Culinary News
Category: New Discoveries
Ingredient Of The Day: Loganberry
The Loganberry is a hybrid of Blackberry and Raspberry. The fruit is a summer berry with a tart-slightly sweet flavor and tender-juicy texture. Use for baked goods and desserts, jam and preserves, sauce, and chutney.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Charentais Melon
The Charentais Melon is a French variety of melon with an aromatic-floral-sweet flavor and juicy texture. Use for out-of-hand eating, a dessert soup, fruit dish, salad, and Prosciutto And Melon.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Zebra Tomato
The Red Zebra Tomato is an heirloom variety with an acidic-slightly sweet flavor and juicy-tender texture. Use for a Caprese Salad, sandwich, sauce, soup, and salsa.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Pink Variegated Eureka Lemon
The Pink Variegated Eureka Lemon, or Pink Lemonade Lemon, is a variety of lemon with pink and green stripes and pink flesh. They have an acidic-tangy-tart flavor and juicy texture and can be used for Aïoli, vinaigrette, marinade, and cocktails.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Salt And Pepper Cucumber
The Salt And Pepper Cucumber is yellow and the same size as a Kirby Cucumber. But unlike the Kirby Cucumber that is used for pickling, the Salt And Pepper Cucumber is used similar to the Lemon Cucumber for salad, sandwich, and crudités. These cucumbers are available in the summertime and they have a mild-earthy flavor and crisp-crunchy texture.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Bronze Fennel Frond
The Bronze Fennel Frond is a variety of herb with an aromatic-floral-slightly sweet flavor. The delicate herb can be used for many things such as salad, vinaigrette, soup, and a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Red Cherry Chile Pepper
The Red Cherry Chile Pepper, aka Hungarian Cherry Pepper and Red Cherry Bomb Pepper, has a mild-slightly sweet-slightly spicy flavor. Use raw or roast, grill, or sauté and use for salsa, Ceviche, Gazpacho, and Guacamole.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Marrow Squash
The Marrow Squash is an heirloom variety of summer squash. They have an earthy-mild-slightly sweet flavor and can be used raw or cooked for tempura or vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Haricot Jaune
The Haricot Jaune is a yellow variety of Haricot Vert and can be used in a similar way. They have a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and crisp-tender texture. Use for crudités, salad, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: French Prune
Happy Bastille Day! The French Prune is a small specialty variety of stone fruit from France. They have a floral-fruity-sweet flavor and firm-juicy-tender texture. Use for out-of-hand-eating, salad, baked goods and desserts.…