The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science

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“A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to s ...

GREENS, EMULSIONS, AND THE SCIENCE of SALADS RECIPES IN THIS CHAPTER Mild Lemon- or Red Wine–Olive Oil Vinaigrett ...

Marcona Almond Vinaigrette Endive and Chicory Salad with Grapefruit, Cranberries, and Fig and Pumpkin Seed Vinaigre ...

I HAVE SOMETHING TO ADMIT: I’M ADDICTED TO ...

SALAD. I live in constant fear of the night that my wife wakes up in an empty bed and pads slowly ...

are mixed greens, vegetables, or meats, whether they are served cold, warm, or hot, there are two thi ...

garnishes (optional). These are ingredients that give interest to the salad by releasing a bu ...

accents for green salads, as do sliced chilled meats (like leftover steak or chicken) or bite-sized pieces o ...

{ PICKING SALAD GREENS } I categorize salad greens into four different basic groups: crisp, peppery, mild, ...

choice for Caesar salad. The pale yellow inner leaves are crisper and sweeter than the outer green leaves, and ...

Peppery arugula greens in a vinaigrette. Butter (Boston) lettuce and its close cousin Bibb lettuce are the most ...

Arugula, sometimes called rocket, is the most widely available peppery green, and it ranges from ...

plastic clamshells or the adult flat-leaf sold in bunches) to the tougher, more fibrous curly, which ...

lackeys like to carefully pick away all but the most tender inner leaves. This is a great way to keep ...

WASHING SALAD GREENS Aside from careful selection and some basic trimming all you’ll have to do wit ...

To properly wash greens, remove the top of the salad spinner, leaving the basket in place. Fill it up with ...

GREEN VEGETABLES IN SALADS Green vegetables for salads should be blanched in boiling salted water, then shock ...