Scallops Crudo with Vanilla Salt

Vanilla salt, ginger, and mint make for an unexpected combination.

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Beyond David and the duomo.

I have never made Crudo but I do know about it having been reading the NPR Blog for a couple of months. Here’s an article about David Pasternack and two of his Crudo recipes. I was interested in this because he calls it...

This dish celebrates the pure scallop flavor that is unique to the seafood world.

Tonight on a menu I saw something listed as "sea bass crudo," which turned out to be essentially a fish salad. A bit of googling has turned up several recipes but no precise sense of what qualifies something as a crudo. Anyone..?...

The fairly new Blanca Restaurant in Newport Beach features crudo, and indeed has a crudo bar. Although I love sushi (Bluefin in Newport is one of my favorite spots), I have never had crudo. Has anyone been to Blanca? I this a...

Went to the World Beer Dinner at Bar Crudo last night. Very nice selections and great pairings. Here’s the run-down: Baladin Nora, Le Baladin (Italy, 6.8%) - a very strange but good beer brewed from an ancient recipe from an...

I went tonight with my 10yo daughter and we had a superb meal of ahi crudo, scallops with sunchoke puree, chickpea salad, and pappardelle with rabbit bolognese. All hits. And I was dying to try several other things. Very cozy...

Menudo. Hands down best cure for el crudo I’ve ever found.

. Are there others? I’m not crazy about these two breads and like more of a 7-grain bread for crunchiness. So far I’ve made grilled vegies with goat cheese, peanut butter & jam, tuna melts. All your favorite recipes...

I’ve been given a beautiful country ham for Christmas and am looking for some advice on how best to cook it. I’ve seen recipes that suggest putting it at a bare simmer for several hours. Any experience or other...

Not a traditonal ceviche, but Uchi’s ucheviche (spelling?) is always a must order for me. Tyson tends to switch up the recipe depending on what’s fresh that night but it consists of salmon and a white fish (I think...