I thought for years that “new potatoes” was just a silly name for a specific breed of potatoes. It’s not. “New potatoes” refers to any kind of freshly dug potato. Despite their image as the most seasonless of all vegetables, potatoes actually are available fresh during the summer and fall.
Fresh potatoes, which Claire used in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘potatoes’
New Potatoes
Posted in Cheap, Home Cooking, Recipe, Vegetarian, tagged potatoes on September 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Warm Basil, Corn, and New Potato Salad
Posted in Home Cooking, Recipe, tagged potatoes, bacon, salad, basil, corn on August 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I love potato salad, but not that gross, mayonnaise-laden stuff that typically passes for potato salad around these parts (the U.S. being these parts). Sometimes that mayonnaise-y stuff can be really good, but more often than not, it’s basically disgusting. Tastes disgusting, looks disgusting, IS disgusting, as Coolio might say.
Enter in the vinegar-based potato salad. [...]
Let’s Start Talking Local
Posted in Home Cooking, Quick, Vegetarian, tagged local, mushrooms, potatoes on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the major passions I think everyone at Food Junta shares beyond just food is a focus on sustainability, and on buying locally. I suspect that the idea of going to a farmers’ market is intimidating to a lot of people, especially aspiring chefs our age; the uninitiated often expect the produce to [...]
