The combination of pomegranates and walnuts has been used in Persian cuisine for thousands of years, as both a sauce and marinade for meats. Here it is both. The tartness of the pomegranate brings brightness...
Larb is hailed as the national dish of Laos. Traditionally the salad starts with extremely finely chopped lean meat or fish and is seasoned with lime juice, chiles, fish sauce, and toasted ground rice....
We've never met a riff on larb that we didn't like, including this vegetarian version, which forgoes the typical meat or fish for crispy shiitake mushrooms.
A mixture of almond meal and cornmeal takes the place of traditional breadcrumbs in these scallion- and mint-studded crab cakes. And a raw snap pea salad is just the refreshing crunchy side to turn it...