The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

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A Summer Roll in a Salad Costume

Presented by The Department of Salad Theatrical Productions (not really) Open in app or onlineA Summer Roll in a Salad CostumePresented by The Department of Salad Theatrical Productions (not really)emily nunnApr 1SaveListenThis salad still has cashews, red onion, and spicy/sweet/sour Nuoc Cham dress

23 hours ago

Another Mind-Blowing "Chef's Salad"

An easy, spicy, cabbage-and-cashew beauty, with a tart cilantro-lime dressing.Open in app or onlineAnother Mind-Blowing "Chef's Salad"An easy, spicy, cabbage-and-cashew beauty, with a tart cilantro-lime dressing.emily nunnMar 26PreviewSaveI HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SALAD PLANNED for this bulletin.

5 days ago

A Real Chef's Salad

From an actual chef rather than the corner diner.Open in app or onlineA Real Chef's SaladFrom an actual chef rather than the corner diner.emily nunnMar 25SaveListenHERE IN THE SALAD LAB, WE LIKE A CHEFS SALAD just fine but its not a top-tier favorite.The classic versionan overflowing, lettuce-lined

1 week ago

A Fret-Free Asparagus Salad

To help you maximize asparagus-gorging season Open in app or onlineA Fret-Free Asparagus SaladTo help you maximize asparagus-gorging seasonemily nunnMar 17SaveListenITS OFFICIALLY ASPARAGUS SEASON where I live.Usually this would mean Id be doing what Ive always assumed any sane person does this time

2 weeks ago

A Dapper Pineapple and Jicama Salad

That you'll make again and again and again and again and again and again and again Open in app or onlineA Dapper Pineapple and Jicama SaladThat you'll make again and again and again and again and again and again and again emily nunnMar 5PreviewSaveITS BEEN MORE THAN TWO WEEKS since I finally unpacke

3 weeks ago

A Tostada Can Be a Salad!

Do we live in a great world or what.Open in app or onlineA Tostada Can Be a Salad.Do we live in a great world or what.emily nunnFeb 23PreviewSaveWHEN YOURE IN THE SALAD BUSINESS, everything is obviously going to behas to be salad, salad, salad, salad.Salad is the very best food.But it takes a lot of

1 month ago

Two Salad-Adjacent Sandwiches

Open in app or onlineTwo Salad-Adjacent SandwichesEggplant.emily nunnFeb 16PreviewSavePesto, marinated tomato, eggplant, roasted pepper, mozzarella.WHEN I MOVED BACK DOWN south about a decade ago, I lived for a while in an industrial building beneath an adorable couple whom Id assumed were artists b

1 month ago

Reviving a Classic French Salad

Avez-vous du cleri-rave.Open in app or onlineReviving a Classic French SaladAvez-vous du cleri-rave.emily nunnFeb 11SaveListenIF ID BEEN ON THE SCENE when the very first human decided to eat celery root, I probably would have tried to talk them out of it.I hope that if you and I had been friends bac

1 month ago

Tofu, Susan Sontag, SoHo, and Salad

Open in app or onlineTofu, Susan Sontag, SoHo, and SaladIt's all right here.emily nunnJan 22PreviewSaveTofu Caesar, from Love JapanWHEN IT COMES TO WINNING OVER A CERTAIN SET OF PICKY EATERS, things might have gone differently for tofu had it been given a different name.Perhaps something like bonele

2 months ago

A Kale Salad for All Seasons

It's from a terrific cookbook coming out in May.Open in app or onlineA Kale Salad for All SeasonsIt's from a terrific cookbook coming out in May.emily nunnJan 20SaveListenMy version of the Kale Salad with Carrot Ginger Dressing, from Love Japan.IF, LIKE ME, YOU LIE AWAKE at night worrying that the w

2 months ago

We're Rebranding Salad in 2023

It's about delicious, multifaceted fulfillment, not self-deprivation.Open in app or onlineWe're Rebranding Salad in 2023It's about delicious, multifaceted fulfillment, not self-deprivation.emily nunnJan 13SaveListenI LOVE GETTING NOTES here at the Department of Saladlove it.Despite the fact that som

2 months ago

Belgian Endive As Finger Food

Plus an emergency salad, for when you realize you forgot (.) to make a salad Open in app or onlineBelgian Endive As Finger FoodPlus an emergency salad, for when you realize you forgot (.) to make a salad emily nunnJan 8PreviewSaveNOW THAT WEVE ENCOURAGED YOU to eat salad with your hands, were somew

2 months ago

We Can't Quit Citrus Salads

(This one employs gorgeous radicchio.) Open in app or onlineWe Can't Quit Citrus SaladsNot that we've tried.(This one employs gorgeous radicchio.)emily nunnJan 6SaveListenRadicchio Rosso di Chioggia: better than flowers.I RECENTLY MENTIONED EATING SALAD IN THE BATH, and a few friends thought I was s

2 months ago

A Pico de Gallo/Black Eyed Pea Salad

Open in app or onlineA Pico de Gallo/Black Eyed Pea SaladWith avocado crema.emily nunnDec 30SaveListenTHE BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR shouldnt be in January.It should be in Spring.But since I was not alive in Rome in the year 45 BC, when the Julian Calendar was created, I wasnt consulted.So here we are,

3 months ago