Chef Remy
Tangy Vinegar Coleslaw
Crisp cabbage and bright carrots dressed in a warm spiced vinaigrette with cayenne heat and celery seed, no mayo in sight, the kind of honest slaw that makes pulled pork sing and brisket weep with gratitude.
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Salads
Salads here are treated as complete dishes, from bright greens and grain bowls to composed plates where dressing, texture, and balance carry the recipe.
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Chef Remy
Texas Caviar
Black-eyed peas tossed with sweet corn, fire-roasted tomatoes, colorful peppers, and jalapeños in a zesty vinaigrette that gets better the longer it sits, the kind of dish that disappears first at every potluck.
Chef Dean
Three-Bean Salad
Crisp green beans, creamy kidney beans, and tender chickpeas dressed in a properly emulsified sweet-and-sour vinaigrette that grows more harmonious with every hour it rests in your refrigerator.
Chef Dean
Three Sisters Salad
Roasted butternut squash, charred corn, and tender black beans dressed in honey and lime, a celebration of the Native American agricultural wisdom that sustained generations and still feeds us today.
Chef Elsa
Tiroler Graukäsesalat
Crumbled Tyrolean grey cheese marinated with sharp vinegar, raw onion rings, and a slick of good oil. Alpine peasant food that hits harder than anything on a Haubenlokal menu.
Chef Elsa
Tiroler Specksalat mit Äpfeln
Thinly sliced Tyrolean Speck with crisp tart apple and celery, dressed in a sharp cider vinegar Marinade. The alpine pantry on a plate, smoky and bright, ready in twenty minutes.
Chef Graziella
Tonno e Fagioli alla Genovese
Liguria's answer to the Tuscan bean and tuna salad, where fresh basil takes the place of excessive onion and the quality of your olive oil matters more than anything else you do.
Chef Isabel
Trempó Mallorquín
Trempó Mallorquín is Mallorca in high summer: ramallet tomato, green pepper, and sweet onion cut small, salted, and dressed with good oil until the vegetables make their own bright dressing.
Chef Dean
Tropical Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing
Sun-ripened tropical fruits glistening in a silky honey-lime dressing brightened with fresh mint. This is the fruit salad that makes guests ask for the recipe, the one that disappears first from the bridal shower buffet.
Chef Freja
Tunsalat
The Danish weekday tuna salad of canned tuna, sweet corn, peas, and a lemon-spiked mayo, spooned onto dark rugbrod. Five minutes from fridge to lunchbox, and one of the most quietly loved things in the whole repertoire.
Chef Dean
Tuscan White Bean Salad
Creamy cannellini beans dressed in fruity olive oil and bright lemon, scattered with fresh herbs and garlic. This is the salad that appears on every Tuscan table during spring celebrations, and for good reason.
Chef Joost
Urap (Balinese Vegetables with Spiced Coconut)
Urap is the green, coconut-bright dish that keeps a rijsttafel honest: vegetables barely cooked, coconut warmly spiced, and every bite reminding the Dutch table where its colonial memory still sits.
Chef Lesia
Vesnyanyi Salat (весняний салат, spring radish salad)
Radishes come up first, white flesh snapping under the knife, pink skins bleeding into cold smetana. Add egg, green onion, dill, and suddenly the table remembers spring.
Chef Takumi
Vinegared Lotus Root (酢蓮根, Su-renkon)
Lotus root looks ceremonial, but the work is plain: slice it cleanly, blanch it briefly so it stays crisp, then let sweet vinegar do its quiet work overnight.
Chef Takumi
Vinegared Mozuku (もずく酢, Mozuku-su)
Mozuku-su asks for almost no cooking, only good seaweed, a clean vinegar balance, and enough chill to make the strands taste bright and alive.
Chef Lesia
Vinegret (вінегрет, beet vinaigrette salad)
Everything in the bowl turns pink eventually, but the trick is letting each winter thing keep its own bite before the beet takes over.
Chef Elsa
Vogerlsalat mit Kernöl
Styria's dark, nutty pumpkin seed oil drizzled over tender rosettes of lamb's lettuce, dressed with sharp cider vinegar and nothing else that doesn't belong.
Chef Elsa
Vorarlberger Käsknöpfle-Salat (Cheese Spaetzle Salad)
Vorarlberg's beloved cheese spaetzle, cooled and dressed with sharp vinegar and crisp onions, the kind of Alemannic thrift cooking that turns yesterday's supper into today's best picnic dish.
Chef Freja
Waldorfsalat
The Danish Waldorf salad that sits beside the roast duck on juleaften. Apples, celery, grapes, and walnuts folded into a cloud of whipped cream and creme fraiche, light where everything else on the plate is heavy.
Chef Ally
Warm Farro with Roasted Autumn Vegetables
Nutty, chewy farro dressed while warm so it drinks in every drop of sherry vinaigrette, tossed with deeply caramelized squash, Brussels sprouts, and sweet roasted onions from the autumn market.
Chef Ally
Warm Goat Cheese on Garden Greens
A round of fresh goat cheese, breaded with herbs and baked until just warm, set atop a tumble of garden greens dressed in walnut vinaigrette. Simple. Perfect. The salad that taught a generation to trust the ingredient.
Chef Thomas
Warm Potato Salad with Bacon and Mustard
Waxy potatoes, still warm from the pan, tossed with crisp smoked bacon and a sharp, grainy mustard dressing that soaks into every crumbled edge. The kind of salad that earns its place at the centre of the table.
Chef Thomas
Warm Puy Lentil Salad with Roasted Beetroot and Mustard
Earthy lentils and sweet roasted beetroot brought together by a sharp mustard dressing, piled over peppery watercress. The kind of bowl that makes October feel like a good place to be.
Chef Elsa
Warmer Krautsalat mit Speck
Shredded white cabbage braised slowly with Speck and caraway, finished with a sharp pour of Apfelessig. The warm side salad that belongs next to every Schweinsbraten a Gasthaus has ever served.
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