Salsa fresca is one of the classics included in Peggy Fallon’s book Great Party Dips; terrific on chips, but could also be a nice addition to grilled chicken or shrimp.
Side Dishes
Corn Fantastico
Mexicans know how to treat fresh corn — make it dance with beautiful spices. In this recipe, you cut the uncooked corn from the cob and mix it in a skillet with olive oil, chili, and other spices. The flavor is fantastico. (While we’ve eaten spiced corn on the cob at many street carts, we […]
Brown Butter Potato Salad with Lemon and Capers
Soon potato salad will grace every summer get together, and we thought we’d offer some of our favorite go-to recipes. Some time ago I shared my recipe for a BLT Potato Salad, combining chopped iceberg lettuce, crumbled crispy bacon, mayo and halved cherry tomatoes. That’s a made-up recipe, of course, combining texture and flavors that […]
Italian Potato Salad
Everyone has a favorite family recipe when it comes to potato salad, and Lori Mack is among them. Here is her recipe for her Italian grandmother’s dish, made fresh with tomatoes and oregano, no mayonnaise.
Potato Salad with Radishes & Crispy Bacon
Alex Province is an Ina Garten fan and likes to make a version of her potato salad. We think it’s a refreshing twist to use fresh radishes to give it that onion-like crunch. (It was also Alex’s imaginative idea to use a jar of Indian ghee (butter) for a potato salad, and to add curry […]
Chorizo Sausage Potato Salad
We love chorizo, especially Palacios brand, and so Chris Prosperi has created a potato salad using this dry cured chorizo, mixed with vinegar and capers. When he fries the chorizo, it releases its paprika oil and adds to the knock-out flavor combo.
