Topic “salads”

By Bonnie S. Benwick (The Washington Post)

“Top Chef” watchers: Think all the way back to Season 9. The cheftestants were hot and grumpy in Texas. Paul Qui won, and one chef seemed to get off more ornery one-liners than the others: Edward Lee of Louisville.

Turns out he’s a nice guy, and he has a new cookbook out next month — “Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories From a New...

By Stephanie Witt Sedgwick (Special to The Washington Post)

Winter salads call for a bit of creativity. This one features the interplay of bitter, tart and sweet as well as different textures: from gratings, mini-matchsticks and thin slices.

Winter Salad of Shaved Cucumber and Radish With Lemon Vinaigrette

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By Stephanie Witt Sedgwick (Special to The Washington Post)

This fruity slaw veers far from the standard mayonnaise-based ones, with its combination of sweet mango, pineapple and red cabbage tossed in a light vinegar dressing. The assembled dish needs time for the flavors to meld and for the cabbage to soften. After several hours, the tropical juices mix with the vinegar, and the cabbage is just right...

By Joe Gray (Chicago Tribune)

During stone fruit season, I can’t get enough of, each in their time, beautifully ripe apricots, peaches, nectarines and then plums. It’s as though a deep place inside is saying gorge while you can before they’re gone, and with them, summer itself.

Among them, peaches are my favorite, so much so that I’ve taken to playing with their...

By Michael Hastings (Winston-Salem Journal)

Springing into salads is an annual ritual this time of year, and salads offer lots of choices for light side dishes and entrees.

Today, three restaurants in the Winston-Salem, N.C., area share some of their favorite salads.

Kevin Fisher, the chef and a co-owner of The Screaming Rooster, offers a refreshing spring peas salad....