Tag: tomato

  • When Pigs Fly Bread for Inspired Grilled Cheese

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    Grilled Cheese is one of the great, quick meals. But with folks like Roxy’s Gourmet Grilled Cheese food truck around, you need to step up your game if you want to wow your family with your homemade combos. My secret weapon is When Pigs Fly Breads.

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    Some simple cheddar and farm fresh tomatoes became something special when I melted them into a couple of slices of “Red Pepper Hummus with Sesame Seeds & Garlic bread.” 

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    This board of sandwiches disappeared quickly. Another favorite tactic is to make a turkey sandwich on what we call their stuffing bread. You can have Thanksgiving in August with that flavor combo.

    If you have a favorite tip with a When Pigs Fly bread, please share it in the comments below.

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    Here are our bread tools of choice. We bought this bread knife two decades ago and still use it daily. Friends who use it are quick to see the difference in this and lesser-quality bread knives. 

    The bread cutting board with crumb box lives on our kitchen counter where it saves us from constantly cleaning up crumbs from the crusty breads we love. 

    The oversized flour sack towels are perfect for wrapping breads to keep them fresh and still crusty. 

     

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    When Pigs Fly Boston Area Locations:

    378b Highland Avenue (Davis Square), Somerville, MA (map) Phone: (617) 776-0021

    1378A Beacon Street, (Coolidge Corner) Brookline, MA (map) Phone: (617) 232-1077 

    613 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA (map) Phone: (617) 522-4948

    And, our readers in other parts of the country can order at www.sendbread.com (Don’t you love that address?) 

    Words: Penny Cherubino

    Photos: © 2012 Penny Cherubino

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  • Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad

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    For years, when August brought me local tomatoes, I've chopped some of them with cucumber, scallions and herbs, dressed them with olive oil and vinegar, and enjoyed serving this fresh, healthy salad.

    Recently I was talking to Fatima, a friend from Morocco, about the dish and she gave me her version. She uses lemon instead of vinegar. I'm a fan of lemon zest so I used both the lemon zest and juice and loved the result. In the photo (above) there is also some celery I found in the crisper and a sprinkle of my favorite Aleppo pepper over the salad.

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    It also has a mix of tomatoes. I cut up a big Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato and then added a few cherry tomatoes cut in quarters. 

    In the most basic version of this salad, you chop tomatoes, cucumbers, and scallions; season with salt, pepper, olive oil, and some kind of acid ingredient – vinegar, lemon, lime, etc. Then you can take it to what ever culture you choose.

    Add some feta cheese, Kalamata olives, red onion, and green pepper with a sprinkle of oregano and you have a Greek version

    Dice tomatoes, cucumber, onion, and parsley and you have an Israeli salad. Add garlic, jalapeno, cilantro, and lime– and it's salsa.

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    You can switch up the seasoning and have a different salad each day of the week. And, this base also takes on additions like cheese, beans, and legumes to turn it into a meal. All those lovely juices that come from the mix are perfect for dipping grilled slices of bread or tossing with toasted croutons to make a version of Italian panzanella!

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

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