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Summer Salads

Salads are year-round fare, but especially desirable in the summer when gardens and farmers' markets overflow with the best produce of the year. It's a great time to embrace "Buy Fresh, Buy Local," and salads are a natural choice for the fresh harvests underway now.

IN THIS ISSUE, we feature three salads with delicious, fresh dressings that sparkle and bring out the best in all the ingredients. Salads beg for improvisation, play the plate with choices of whatever is around - there are no wrong combinations!

In This Issue:
Quick Bites, Thursday Nights
Salad Essentials
On Sale at Cook's Emporium
Crisp, Cold and Clean
RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese
Knife Technique: Chiffonade
The Perfect Vinaigrette
RECIPE: Tomato and Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak and Portabella Mushrooms
The Fork, Who Knew?
RECIPE: Potato and Green Bean Salad with Dill Pesto
Potato Salad Tips
Cookbook Review
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Quick Bites on Thursday Nights!
We're celebrating Thursday evenings all summer long!
Beginning at 6:00pm, stop in for a "Quick Bite" made from one of our favorite products or a "Quick Bite" from some of our favorite Stonewall Kitchen dips & salsas.  No formal cooking demonstration - just enough to taste!

 

 

Thursday, July 7:  

Quick Bites on Thursday Nights

I Scream, You Scream, We all scream for Ice Cream! - Sample ice cream from our Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker

 

Thursday, July 14:  

Simple Decorating Tips - A sugar cookie or cupcake is yours to enjoy after you've decorated it using one of our favorite decorating bottles from Kuhn Rikon. 

 

Thursday, July 21:  

Quick Dips - mouthwatering snacks you won't want to miss!  

 

"Quick Bites" will continue through Thursday, August 11th, 2011.
Salad Essentials at Cooks' Emporium
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Crisp, Cold & Clean

Crisp, Cold and Clean
Consider Organic

RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese 

Knife Technique: How to Chiffonade Basil

Tips

Tools for this Recipe
Microplane Zester/Grater
Microplane Zester/Grater
Comfortable in the hand, this zester releases the best of oranges, lemons and limes.
6" Cook's Knife
Wusthof 6" Cook's Knife 
The knife that serves so many purposes in the kitchen, easy on the hand, just the right size.
Lettuce Knife
Lettuce Knife
Serrated and sharp,this knife helps reduce browning and avoids metallic tastes on food.

Oil & Vinegar

Oil and Vinegar

Vinaigrette Mix-Ins

RECIPE: Tomato & Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak & Portabella Mushrooms
Tools for this Recipe
Salad Spinner
OXO Salad Spinner
Wash salad greens and vegetables well, then spin dry for maximum freshness. 
Tomato Knife
Wusthof Tomato Knife 

Tackles beefsteak and cherry tomatoes alike easily. Pronged tip moves slices to plate.

Small Whisk
Small Whisk 
A small whisk is perfect for making emulsions of small amounts of vinaigrettes.

The Fork

More on the Fork

 
RECIPE: Potato and Green Bean Salad with Dill Pesto
Tips
Tools for this Recipe
Vegetable Brush
OXO Vegetable Brush
Scrub any dirt away from fresh potatoes with this "easy on the hand" vegetable brush.
Bean Slicer
Norpro Bean Slicer
Make quick work of a pile of fresh beans with this trimmer and slicer.
Garlic Zoom
Chef'n Garlic Zoom
Roll back and forth and mince garlic. It couldn't be easier to add garlic to any recipe.

Cookbook Review

Summer's fresh fruits and vegetables make it easy for all cooks to shine!

Marg, Vicky & Holly
and all the Staff at Cooks' Emporium

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