Culinary News
Category: New Discoveries
Ingredient Of The Day: White Spring Onion
The White Spring Onion is milder than regular onions and the tops and bottoms are used. They have an earthy flavor and are used like regular onions in Risotto, salad, salsa, sauce, soup, and stir-fry.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Lemon Grass
Lemon Grass, or Citronella Grass, is used for seasoning dishes and it has an aromatic-citrus-tangy flavor and woody texture. Use Lemon Grass to flavor sauces, soups, stews or use in a marinade or paste, and it can also be used in cocktails.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fava Green
The Fava Green or Fava Tendril is the green from the Fava Bean. They have a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and crisp-tender texture. Use raw or cooked for salad, Pesto Sauce, Risotto, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: White Strawberry
The White Strawberry, aka Alpine Strawberry and Beach Strawberry, is a specialty variety of strawberry with a floral-fruity-sweet flavor and juicy-tender texture. Use in a fruit dish, fruit purée, salad, and as a garnish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Ramp
The Ramp, or Wild Leek, is similar to a spring onion with an earthy-mild-slightly sweet flavor. Use them whole and braise, roast, sauté, or grill for a sauce, garnish, Risotto, and vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Fresh Garbanzo Bean
The Fresh Garbanzo Bean has a much different flavor and texture than Dried Garbanzo Bean. They require less cooking time and have an earthy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor and can be used for Hummus, salad, soup, and a vegetable side dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Korean Melon
The Korean Melon is a refreshing and sweet melon similar to a Honeydew Melon and is best for out-of-hand eating. One of many varieties of sweet and floral tasting melons with a firm-juicy texture. Can also be used for a cold dessert soup, fruit dish, Prosciutto And Melon or salad. Underripe Korean melons can be …
Ingredient Of The Day: Savoy Spinach
Savoy Spinach is a crinkly-crisp lettuce green that can be used raw in a salad or cooked as a braising green. It has an earthy-grassy-vegetal flavor and it is very similar to Bloomsdale Spinach.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Purple Asparagus
Purple Asparagus is similar to Green Asparagus and has a grassy-vegetal-slightly sweet flavor. Use in the same way as regular Asparagus for salad, soup, crudités, Prosciutto Crudo, Risotto, and pasta dish.…
Ingredient Of The Day: Puntarelle
Puntarelle, aka Puntarella Chicory, is a green that can be used cooked or raw. It has a slightly bitter-peppery flavor and crisp-tender texture. Use the green in a salad, soup, stew, or braise them for a vegetable side dish.…