Of Salads And TV Shows

Yesterday's NY Times Food Section was chock full of wild and interesting articles . The ones that caught my eye were Mark Bitman.s salad guide and an article dedicated to this crazy cable food show coming out of The Bronx, New York Both deserve some write up in today's blog.


The first article is a good comprehensive guide to summer salads. Hopefully you foodies out there with access to The Times kept it and will make good use of it this summer. What I liked about it are the cold pasta salads. Normally I would just serve a large romaine based one myself however there is something interesting and satisfying about I love the fact that Bitman also mentions to add slices of cold beef or Italian cold cuts to salads as well. Everyone is so about chicken ,salmon or shrimp in their salads that they forget how good it is to have sliced roast beef with a simple vinaigrette and mixed in with a salad.

The second article is about a local cable Bronx , New York show . It stars someone called the Baron (and kind of looks like a Sasha Baron Cohen ) It involves an adventure , usually with a woman , It also eating a different ethnic cuisine to get him out of the mess. OK, so may it's not Throwdown With Bobby Flay, but it sounds entertaining. He does help to open peoples minds and palates it comes to trying cuisine of different cultures. You can catch episodes on Bronx.net

So there you have it . Salads and a superhero. Leave it to The Times to make food interesting.