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    Pressed cucumber-sour cream salad

    Pressed cucumber-sour cream salad

    Serves 6 to 8 • 3½ lbs. cucumbers • 1 tbsp. salt, and more to taste • ½ cup sour cream • 2 Tbs. lemon juice • 1 tsp. sugar 1. Peel the cucumbers, cut them in half lengthwise, remove any large seeds, and slice the cucumbers as thinly as possible. Toss the slices with...
    Paprika-cucumber salad

    Paprika-cucumber salad

    Serves 6 to 8 • 4 to 5 cucumbers • salt to taste • ⅓ cup white wine vinegar • ½ large onion, sliced paper-thin • 2 tsp. sweet paprika • 1 Tbs. minced fresh dill weed or 1 tsp. dried • 1½ tsp. sugar • fresh-ground pepper to taste • pinch of hot paprika (optional) 1....
    Caesar salad

    Caesar salad

    Serves 4 to 6 There are now many versions of this famous salad being prepared all over the world. Quite a few are very good, but this recipe, according to reliable sources, is very much like the original Caesar salad—and, of course, that must be the best. • 6 oz....
    Florentine bread salad

    Florentine bread salad

    Chill the salad for at least ½ hour before serving it. Serves 6 to 8 This green salad, the Tuscan brainstorm for using up yesterday’s bread, is unlike most others in that it can be made several hours ahead of time and will still be perfectly wonderful. Just toss it...
    Bell pepper and cream cheese omelets

    Bell pepper and cream cheese omelets

    Serves 4 to 5 • 1½ lbs. bell peppers (about 4 medium-sized) • 1 large onion • 3 Tbs. olive oil • 1 large tomato, coarsely chopped • ¾ tsp. salt • fresh-ground black pepper to taste • 4 oz. cream cheese • 8 to 10 eggs • salt and pepper to taste • butter for frying 1....