On Food & Culture
Jicama and strawberry? Qué? I get skeptical looks about that combination whenever I suggest it, but the crunch of jicama melds beautifully with softened strawberries. Jicama is native to Mexico and Central America and tastes a little like a water chestnut and maybe also a […]
This tofu salad dressing is tart, complex and a great dressing for this cup made of winter root vegetables and the yuzu persimmon that’s harvested in the fall. Don’t confuse this delicious and nutritious cup with the Waldorf salad which some told me it resembles. […]
You can feature this jicama salad as a buffet dish, or you can plate the vegetables as a first course for dinner. The Serrano chiles perk up the lime dressing. I grew up in a Mexican American family that, like many others, ate lots of […]
Summer watermelon served as an appetizer, becomes formal for a dressed-up party. Here I make little watermelon bowls and place them on a thin Jicama wafer. Let the fiesta begin! The filling is spicy guacamole with grapes. A sliver of fried Yucca finishes the canapé […]