Category Archives: Salads

String beans are abundant in my neighbor Beppi’s garden this time of year, particularly a variety of long bean that he grows, which produces beans as long as 18″. I love these long beans because they’re thin and delicate (almost … Continue reading →

This is a great first course or light lunch year-round.  Right now, arugula and fennel are local, and they grow locally well into the fall.  Part of the occasion for this salad is the beautiful wedge of parmigiano my mom brought back from … Continue reading →

Russian Kale is softer and more delicate than the conventional dark curly leafed variety.   It’s great eaten raw as a salad.  I like to tame its slightly mustardy bite with something sweet, like roasted golden beets.  A slab of herbed … Continue reading →

The eggplants from my neighbor Beppi’s garden are still coming, as are the arugula and cherry tomatoes.  I still have some ricotta left from my melanzane alla pargmigiana.  This is the perfect opportunity to vary the ingredients a bit and … Continue reading →

This is a summertime favorite.  The ingredients for this salad trickle into the farmstands at various times during the summer, but they’re all in by late July–green beans, potatoes, tomatoes and lettuce. This is the PERFECT dish for summer entertaining–you … Continue reading →

Since I made sauteed beet greens the other evening, I had also roasted the beets themselves and kept them in the fridge.  When I arrived home this evening, I found one of my neighbor Beppi’s bags hanging on my back … Continue reading →

Although there’s nothing Italian about a Cobb Salad, it’s what I’m in the mood for today.  On some hot summer days after coming off the beach, the only thing that will satisfy is a large cool composed salad and some … Continue reading →

As the temperature gets hotter and hotter, I find myself more interested in cold or room-temperature foods.  Salads are ideal first courses or light lunches on their own. This salad is interesting and particularly refreshing.   Although Jicama is not an … Continue reading →

This may look like many other salads on this blog but it’s summer and it’s all local and just-picked.  These exquisite golden beets elevate this salad to an other-worldly level of goodness.  They’re so naturally sweet that it’s difficult to … Continue reading →

This salad is great with game birds or pork–it has that agrodolce quality that makes it well-suited to cut through fatty flavors.  Simple to make and toss together at the last moment.  Different, however, from my red cabbage and green apple … Continue reading →