I am writing this installment of the Three Very Good Things series from Canada, where I've been for a week now, as the Gastronomic Writer in Residence for the Stratford Chefs School. I'm having a wonderful time, the weather is unseasonably balmy, squirrels are running around everywhere, and I am eating very well. Here are a few highlights from this past week:
~ A salad of shaved fennel, fris�e, and slim artichoke wedges, topped with fresh herbs and crispy prosciutto.
This exceptionally well-balanced and well-dressed salad was served at the "restaurant lab", where second-year students of the chef school cook and serve dinner every weeknight. It was served as an appetizer-sized portion, but I could have eaten a bucket of it.
~ Kale, kale, and more kale. Kale is an elusive ingredient in France: it is grown essentially as an ornamental plant (I'm told the name is chou vert demi-nain) and not commonly sold as a vegetable. So I took the opportunity of being in Canada, and having access to a well-equipped kitchen in Stratford, to get organic dino kale from The Gentle Rain, the local health food store.
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