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Appetizers
1 Who Couldn't Love Salad on a Stick?
fast and easy
2 Summer of Salads: Caprese Salad
2011 Summer
3 4 More Riffs on the Caprese Salad
Come Party With Me
4 Come Party With Me: 4th Of July - Menu I
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5 It's a Gangsta's Paradise — Learn How to Cook With Coolio
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6 Mango Caprese Salad
Link Time
7 Yummy Links: From Brian Boitano to Meryl Streep
I've already introduced you to my favorite trendy update of the classic Caprese, Italy's tried-and-true trifecta of tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil. But given all the fresh offerings out there right now (grape and cherry tomatoes! Brandywines! Green Zebras! Cherokee Purples!), sometimes you just need a bit more tomato-salad variety. These combinations, like the Caprese, don't call for more than Read more
Here on the West Coast, we haven't been hard-hit by the year's devastating tomato blight, so I've been taking advantage of my good fortune by supporting growers of heirloom tomatoes (perhaps a little too much; the other day I bought $21 worth of them!). As a salad fanatic, I had to make my favorite type of tomato salad. The insalata Caprese, which literally translates to "salad from Capri," is Read more
Check out the trailer of Brian Boitano's new Food Network show. — New York Magazine Possible disguises for Sam Sifton, the New York Times new restaurant critic. — Eat Me Daily Give classic caprese salad a stone-fruit twist by making it with peaches. — Serious Eats Bon Appétit has named the nation's best new restaurants. — Bon Appétit 10 of Julia Child's most prolific quotes. — Read more
Every day when I water my small herb garden, I get a whiff of fresh basil. My first thoughts always go to one of my favorite summertime dishes: caprese salad! However, the tomatoes I've picked up lately are rather disappointing. Luckily, I stumbled across this recipe that puts a new twist on the classic caprese. It's made with mangoes instead of tomatoes. This salad is a simple mix of mango, Read more
There's been a lot of interesting cooking segments on the internet. First there was Sam Mason's Dinner With the Band, and then there was the super surreal Christopher Walken cooking show. Now, straight from a gangsta's paradise, we have the self-proclaimed "Ghetto Gourmet" Coolio. That's right Coolio. He's here to tell you that if it looks good, tastes good, and smells good, then it is good! In Read more
When it comes to planning a 4th of July menu you have two options. You can either create a meal with all red, white, and blue foods, or serve classic all American barbeque dishes. I've decided to go with the latter by offering guests a delicious setting of summery eats. To start, warm up store bought gourmet sausages for mini hot dogs in croissant dough buns. Next, platter sliced raw vegetables Read more
During today's live chat we started talking about simple and easy appetizer ideas. (If you missed out, don't fret, we'll be there next Thursday to chat some more!). I mentioned that I'm obsessed with endives with creamy blue cheese, PartySugar talked about these great crostinis, but it was our gal TeamSugar who really knocked everyone's socks off with a simple, but elegant, selection. Her choice Read more
We never would've thought of fried green tomato parmesan (that credit goes to Food Orleans), but now that the idea's entered our minds, there's only one real way to resolve our craving. Because I love them so, I've written a couple of love letters to fried green tomatoes over the years: the fried green tomato caprese "salad" I made without remorse, and fried green tomato BLTs, a longtime Read more
The caprese salad, with its fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil, is a simple Summer dish. I must admit I thought my standard caprese recipe didn't need any improvement, but on a recent episode of Jamie Oliver at Home, Chef Oliver suggested generously salting and straining the tomatoes to improve the flavor intensity for the ultimate caprese salad. While I have often salted veggies to remove Read more
While most citrus — lemons, limes, oranges, and grapefruits — are available year round, Winter is when it's at its peak. With their vibrant pink flesh and tart refreshing flavor, now is the time to enjoy the subtropical grapefruit. The grapefruit, which is a hybrid citrus born of the pomelo and sweet orange, was first discovered in Barbados in the 18th century. Today, the US is the largest Read more
