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  • Variations on Slaw for Cool Summer Suppers

    We have been eating a lot of variation on slaw better known around hers as shredded salads. Penny will pull out the vegetable bins and start chopping, julienning, and slicing until she has a bowl of delicious.

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    This one had a few chive flowers in addition to cabbage, carrots, scallions and radishes.

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    Here shredded chicken leftover from a roasted bird was mixed with Napa cabbage, carrots, mint, and a Vietnamese style dressing. It was topped with chopped peanuts, and fried shallots. This salad was a main dish.

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    Rice noodles and cucumbers joined the cabbage party here and a few pieces of poached chicken finished the plate.

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    By cooking an extra piece of salmon, we had a second dinner ready by adding it to a slaw.

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    Here was the first meal with a slaw on the side. This mix also used up some celery leaves.

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    You can buy bags of pre-shredded or spiralized vegetables for slaws. However, if you want to start from scratch, you have a few options to turn your components into the classic slaw cut. This is a wonderful opportunity to practice knife skills. Teaching someone to make this salad is a great way for them to learn how to slice, chop, mince, and julienne.

    For a big batch of slaw, you might want to use your food processor or mandoline. Penny’s usual method is to slice the cabbage, celery, scallions, herbs, and such, with a knife and use a mandoline for items like carrots that she really wants to cut into a fine julienne. One more option is to do the prep work on different parts of a classic box grater or with an assortment of microplanes.

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photos: ©2017 Penny & Ed Cherubino 

  • Happy Summer: We Declare Rosé Wine Season Open!

    We’ve told you before, don’t be afraid of pink wines! Or, copper, salmon, or clear cherry-colored ones for that matter. We have been drinking rosé wines through all the warm spells leading up to this summer.

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    These lovely rosés were enjoyed at Bistro du Midi.

    Officially, summer begins tonight at 7:09 pm EDT. That makes this an excellent day to shop for a bottle of rosé, chill it down, and pour a glass or two to toast the new season. 

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    Stores who know their wines are ready for summer with big displays of rosé wines. At South End Formaggio, we found a veritable mountain of choices. And, these are the places where you can ask for guidance to find the rosé that fits your taste– bone dry to fruity, still to sparkling.

    Add a bottle or two to your next wine purchase and follow the lead of the wise folks from Provence to Basque Country who sip pink in the warm days of summer.

    Want to learn more about wine? Remember to click over to Amazon from here to support this site! Here are three of our favorite wine books.

    The Food Lover’s Guide to Wine

    The New Wine Lover’s Companion

    The Wine Bible

     

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    Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
    Photography: © 2012 Penny & Ed Cherubino  

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