#culinaryalchemy

Learning about sadza, a local staple food eaten in Zimbabwe.

Smashing cucumbers instead of slicing them gives the flesh an appealing rough surface, the better to bond with any dressings you dream up In this salad, from the Manhattan restaurant Superiority Burger, the cold crunchy cucumbers are bound in a creamy lime-spiked yogurt that the chef who invented it, Julia Goldberg, calls “fiercely acidic.” It’s a great combination, and the sweet heat of chile honey and crunch of breadsticks make each mouthful interesting At Superiority Burger, nutty brown rice is added to the salad for yet another dimension of flavor and texture; the effect is like a rich chicken salad or egg salad, but this is vegetarian and more nutritious over all.