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Salads are year-round fare, but especially desirable in the summer where gardens and farmers' markets overflow with the best produce of the year. It's a great time to embrace "Buy Fresh, Buy Local," and salads are a natural choice for the fresh harvests underway now.

IN THIS ISSUE, we feature three salads with delicious, fresh dressings that sparkle and bring out the best in all the ingredients. Salads beg for improvisation, play the plate with combinations of what's ever around - there are no wrong combinations!

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Crisp, Cold, and Clean

RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese

Knife Technique: Chiffonade

The Perfect Vinaigrette

RECIPE: Tomato and Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak and Portabella Mushrooms

The Fork, Who Knew?

RECIPE: Potato and Green Bean Salad with Dill Pesto

Potato Salad Tips

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Crisp, Cold and Clean

Crisp and Cold

clean

RECIPE: Leafy Green Salad with Lemon-Basil Goat Cheese
   

Knife Technique: How to Chiffonade Basil

Tips
   
Tools for this Recipe
Microplane Citrus Zester
Microplane Citrus Zester
Comfortable in the hand, this zester releases the best of oranges, lemons and limes.
6' Cook's Knife
Wusthof 6" Cook's Knife 
The knife that serves so many purposes in the kitchen, easy on the hand, just the right size.
Lettuce Knife
Lettuce Knife
Serrated and sharp,this knife helps reduce browning and avoids metallic tastes on food.

Oil and Vinegar do Mix!

The Perfect Vinaigrette

Mix Ins

RECIPE: Tomato & Arugula Salad with Grilled Steak & Portabella Mushrooms
Tools for this Recipe
Salad Spinner
OXO Salad Spinner
Wash salad greens and vegetables well, then spin dry for maximum freshness. 
Tomato Knife
Wusthof Tomato Knife 

Tackles beefsteak and cherry tomatoes alike easily. Pronged tip moves slices to plate.

Small Whisk
Small Whisk 
A small whisk is perfect for making emulsions of small amounts of vinaigrettes.
   


The Fork

The Fork

   

RECIPE: Potato & Green Bean Salad with Dill Pesto

Potato Tips
   
Tools for this Recipe
Vegetable Brush
OXO Vegetable Brush
Scrub any dirt away from fresh potatoes with this easy on the hand vegetable brush.
Bean Slicer
Krisk Bean Slicer
Make quick work of a pile of fresh beans with this trimmer and slicer.
Garlic Zoom
Chef'n Garlic Zoom
Roll back and forth and mince garlic. It couldn't be easier to add garlic to any recipe.
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Summer's fresh fruits and vegetables make it easy for all cooks to shine!

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