Word: salads
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That evening Dory tosses a salad while her husband Rob pours milk for the kids. The lasagna--which had been assembled the night before, slipped into the oven that morning and kept chilled under a cooling fan until cook mode kicked in at 6 p.m.--is sitting in warm mode, ready to serve. Stuart is still clutching the Web tablet, monitoring the final minutes of a baseball-card auction on eBay and blocking traffic to the dining room. While his parents work to pry him loose ("Enough already!" his dad prods), I wonder if by acquiring all these gadgets...
...Masoud’s falafels are distinctively dark green, with a crunchy outer shell—so light that it’s nearly impossible to distinguish between the baked and fried varieties offered at Sepal. The evening buffet, available Mondays through Wednesdays, presents a basic selection of fatoush salad, hummus and baba ganoush, okra with cilantro and garlic, chicken with sumac, lima beans and a deliciously savory maklouba—hearty chunks of lamb or tofu, cauliflower and eggplant sealed with rice and cooked in lamb broth, then turned upside down and served steaming hot. Other Sepal specialties include...
...salad of roasted mushrooms that arrives is unexpectedly towering, layered like a napoleon between round pastry crisps. It’s nearly impossible to figure out how to begin to eat it. Cutting straight into the tower sends mushroom pieces flying; the most successful approach involves delayering first. Again, the flavor pairings are masterful. Creamy dressing deepens the meatiness of the mushrooms, which is then gracefully cut by balsamic vinegar and sharp lacings of tiny cress leaves...
Though Salts wavers close to preciousness, its sheer quality prevails. Who cares about salting your food or being unable to cut your salad when the beef’s perfectly seasoned and the mushrooms taste like pure fall? And with the price of a whole meal less than some restaurants’ entrées, Salts is a tasteful but economical date whose quirks are ultimately endearing...
...fall cycle will include soups and locally grown fruit, the winter cycle heartier foods such as stews and potpies, and the spring menu will focus on lighter fare such as fish and salad. Each cycle, Breslin says, will include more vegetarian and vegan menu options, many of which are designed by Mollie Katzen, a nationally-recognized vegetarian chef...