I recently found some blood oranges from California at the market–and I love blood oranges–so I made a blood orange salad as ‘dessert’: you just peel and slice the oranges,…
Insalata di patate e tonno (Potato Tuna Salad)
Potato salad is a summer staple on American tables, but if you’re interested in a different take, here’s an idea for you: Potato Tuna Salad. At its most basic, Potato…
Insalata russa (Russian Salad Italian Style)
Russian Salad, known in Russian as Салат Оливье or Salad Olivier, was once a common feature on festive tables all over the world. Russian salad Italian style is distinguished by…
Insalata di polpo (Octopus Salad)
…this salad as it does for any salad—and be generous with it. Not all recipes call for letting your Octopus Salad rest before serving, but I do find it enhances…
Insalata di riso con tonno (Italian Tuna Rice Salad)
…is an almost infinite variety of rice salads—and you can really just make up your own version using whatever suits your fancy. Besides Tuna Rice Salad, another very popular salad…
A Neapolitan Christmas: Insalata di rinforzo (Cauliflower and Pickled Vegetable Salad)
This zesty cauliflower salad is a fixture on family tables in Naples during the Christmas season. The salad is called insalata di rinforzo—’reinforcement salad’—is because it was customary in the…
Milanese con insalata di pomodoro (Milanese Veal Chop with Tomato Salad)
…you that neither vinegar nor lemon belongs in a proper tomato salad anyway. My usual preference (when making tomato salad on its own) is to add just the tiniest bit…
Salade frisée aux lardons (Frisée Salad with Bacon)
…meal in and of itself. Odd as it might seem, this salad reminds me strongly of another favorite cold weather salad: puntarelle, one of the signature dishes of Roman cuisine….