Weekends in the Kitchen and Beyond
What’s a summer picnic without potato salad? As summer draws to a close, I think back to this wonderful potato salad that we had a few weeks ago. Yes, it’s got a mayonnaise-based dressing, but the dressing also includes whole grain mustard, grated horseradish, yogurt, some fresh herbs, and lots of celery. While diet advice […]
Growing up, I had potatoes in some form or another about 4 to 5 times a week with dinner. Dinner without potatoes wasn’t a real dinner. As a kid, I actually wasn’t too fond of this starchy root vegetable. If it weren’t mixed with something else, I had a hard time eating it. In the […]
This traditional Polish salad is like a souped up version of the American potato salad. It is a side dish that is a great accompaniment to nearly any lunch or dinnertime meal at any time of the year. It fits just as well for picnics as for a fall luncheon, as for holiday meals like […]
Any fried form of potato seems to draw people like a magnet. What comes to mind are the big three–fries, potato chips, and potato pancakes. Of the three, the most accessible to the home cook who doesn’t have specialized equipment beyond a stove top and a frying pan is the potato pancake. Growing up, I […]