Consider shopping for produce at farmer's markets where notoriously fragile and flimsy ingredients such as herbs and salad greens may have been harvested as early as that morning. "Costa Rica ...

F&W chefs share their tips for making restaurant-worthy salads, from using fresh herbs to dressing your greens evenly.

To enhance this salad with fresh ingredients, I’ve introduced blanched green beans and chopped celery for some welcome crunch. If you haven’t used blanching as a technique before, it’s a ...

A standard green cabbage also would work ... To add more texture to his sauerkraut salad, he turned to another of his favorite ingredients, surplus beet stems. The stalks are meaty and fibrous ...