Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass

Even the Coleslaw: Nothing's Too Basic for a Great a Restaurant Menu

Pot Luck Food Talks: Kitchen Stories From Behind the Pass

Show Notes

🎙️ EP187 — If done right, it's one of the best salads there is. Sweetheart cabbage. Sharp vinegar. Dressed à la minute. Everything we've learned and haven't learned about coleslaw.

🎧 In This Episode: 🥬 One of the best salads there is ⏱️ Dress à la minute (or it weeps) ✅ Sweetheart cabbage, not Napa 🧪 Kimchi and food-as-medicine? 🥄 The dressing: mayo + yogurt + acid 💥 Sharp distilled vinegar hack 🧅 Cut the onion the right way 🌶️ Pitt Cue's green chili coleslaw 🍏 Green apple, kohlrabi, carrots 📋 Phil's full coleslaw recipe 🍍 Arturos and Venezuelan pineapple coleslaw 🐟 Brussels hearts & kimchi-juice beurre blanc 🥟 Forgotten German cabbage cooking

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