…from the Perspectives’ Kitchen![]() How you doin’? Summertime is salad and dip time. One of my all-time favorite salads is The Cobb—I can eat one every day and never get bored because of the different and interesting ingredients. The varied flavors and textures give you what we call comeback flavor. You might ask yourself, what’s the origin of this now most popular salad? Well, the story goes like this… The Brown Derby-Beverly Hills was actually Perspectives’ first client. Sally Cobb, Bob Cobb’s widow, was trying to keep the Derby in Beverly Hills afloat at a time when the entire restaurant scene in Los Angeles was changing. I used to love the Brown Derby, and especially the classic Cobb Salad. So, here's the recipe along with the Hollywood folklore of how it was invented as told to me by Sally Cobb. One night in 1925—almost one hundred years ago!—Herbert K. Somborn was chatting with Abe Frank, the manager of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel, and Sid Grauman of Chinese Theater fame; and as idle chatter goes he remarked, "You could open a restaurant in an alley and call it anything or you could even build it in the shape of a hat and if the food and service are good, the patrons will come flocking." To achieve the standards set for this little Derby, Somborn, the husband of the celebrated cinema star, Gloria Swanson, selected a young friend who had been raised in the restaurant business. This was Robert H. Cobb, a combination food checker, steward, buyer, cashier and occasional cook when the Brown Derby opened. During its first four years, the original Little Hat Derby restaurant added only two items to its menu—a salad and a cake. The salad was almost an accident. Bob Cobb, growing weary of the steady hot-dog-hamburger diet, found an avocado in the icebox. He chopped it up, along with some lettuce, celery and tomatoes, plus a strip of bacon and some salad dressing, and had that for his dinner. Several days later he tried it again, adding other ingredients that he had purchased on his way to work—breast of turkey (some people claim it was chicken, but it was originally turkey), chives, hard-boiled egg, watercress and a wedge of Roquefort cheese for the dressing. And that's how the Cobb Salad was really born. Everything was finely chopped and that was very laborious, so Mr. Cobb went to an engineer who was able to invent a horizontal chopper. That device was later reproduced by Hobart Corporation and named the Buffalo Chopper (named for the city in which the concept was born). Since it’s summer I decided that I wanted to invent a dip to bring to family picnics that emulated the flavors of The Cobb Salad. With the help of Hidden Valley Ranch dip mix and all of the other Cobb Salad ingredients all chopped up it was like magic—the Cobb Salad Dip. Prep Time: 15-20 Minutes Yield: 8 to 10 servings Ingredients 1 packet Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dips Mix 16 ounces sour cream 3/4 cup shredded cooked chicken 1/2 cup crumbled bacon, plus 2 tablespoons more for garnish 1/2 cup crumbled hard-boiled eggs 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese, plus 1/4 cup more for garnish 3/4 cup diced avocado 1/2 cup diced tomato 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce (optional) Directions
ChefSecret: Got leftovers? Be safe—refrigerate within 2 hours after putting the dip out, or discard it. Quip of the Day: My friend ordered a cobb salad yesterday and was disappointed there was no corn or cobs in this iconic salad. ------------------------------------------- Do you have a question or comment? Send your thoughts to [email protected]. All recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/covid-19-survival-guide. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Appetizer #Dip #CobbDip #Salad #CobbSalad #BrownDerby #Brunch #Lunch #HiddenValley #Cheez-It #Ritz #2024Recipes #URM #T2T #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2024
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…from the Perspectives’ Kitchen![]() How you doin’? I like S'mores but don’t often find myself in the wild sitting by an open campfire and I don’t have a fire pit. So here is an easy indoors recipe made in a bowl with a microwave oven. This recipe uses all the essential ingredients—milk chocolate, crumbled graham crackers and miniature marshmallows. It looks so good you'll want to grab a spoon and dig in as soon as you see how good a Bowl of S’mores looks. This is an easy, beginner-friendly recipe that takes just three minutes to prepare and requires only three ingredients. Aside from the three ingredients, you will need a microwave safe bowl and a microwave. You’ll have mini desserts in a bowl in no time for your next indoor bed spread picnic or a fun summer dessert. Everyone will be thrilled and surprised. Prep time: About 3 minutes Yield: 1 serving Ingredients 1 full-size graham cracker sheet 1/2 milk chocolate bar (I prefer Hershey's Milk Chocolate) 15 miniature marshmallows (I prefer Kraft Puffed Minis) Directions
ChefSecret: Try doing it in a cone. Follow the mixing directions above and stuff the uncooked ingredients in a waffle cone. Microwave on high for 20 to 30 seconds. Wrap in a napkin and serve. No campfire required to make melty S'mores in a Cone. Quip of the Day: I’m on a S’mores diet. Whenever I see S’mores, I eat them. ------------------------------------------- Do you have a question or comment? Send your favorite recipes, pictures or thoughts to [email protected]. Recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/covid-19-survival-guide. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Dessert #Snack #Smores #BowlOfSmores #Chocolate #GrahamCracker #MiniMarshmallows #4thOfJuly #2024Recipes #T2T #URM #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2024 …from the Perspectives’ Kitchen![]() How you doin’? Some of the best baking is standard at Christmas time, but why do you have to wait to get a cookie as good as this one until the year-end holidays? This recipe is for Classic Vanilla Sugar Cookies. They are just as delicious as they are beautiful! The secret is Nielsen-Massy Madagascar Bourbon Pure Vanilla Extract https://tinyurl.com/39mz2bjn. Every drop contains over 400 naturally occurring flavors that create a myriad of flavor thrills. If you haven’t baked homemade cookies lately, to time to break the cookie famine with Classic Vanilla Sugar Cookies. The earliest form of Julsockerkakor was actually a Viking pre-Christian pagan ritual. The tradition of the It is commonly believed to have originated in Norway, at a time when pagan masses worshiped Thor, the god who traveled in his chariot drawn by two goats. During the Yule holiday, they would disguise their appearance by dressing in a goatskin and go from house to house carrying a goat head these guys really knew how to have a great time). Christian missionaries modified the tradition and separated its meaning from Paganism. The Yule Goat became one of the oldest Scandinavian and Northern European Yule and Christmas symbols and traditions. In Denmark, the figure of the Yule Goat remains a common Christmas ornament. It is often made out of straw, has a red ribbon around its neck, and is found under the Christmas tree. Scandinavian immigrants brought this tradition to America. Prep time: 10 minutes Chill time: 1hour Bake time: 8 minutes Yield: 7 dozen Ingredients 16 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 cups granulated sugar, divide--plus extra for topping, 2 large beaten eggs 1/4 cup cream 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (I prefer Nielsen-Massey Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla) 3-3/4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 large slightly beaten egg white Directions
ChefSecret: These cookies may also be decorated after baking with colored icing. Quip of the Day: I could give up cookies, but I'm no quitter. ------------------------------------------- Do you have a question or comment? Send your thoughts to[email protected]. All recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/covid-19-survival-guide. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Baking #Julsockerkakor #VanillaSugarCookies #Nielse-Massey #BourbonVanilla #2024Recipes #T2T #URM #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2024 …from the Perspectives’ Test Kitchen![]() How you doin’? One of the best treats for breakfast are yummy, freshly baked blueberry muffins made with fresh or frozen blueberries. Did you know that blueberry muffins are the official muffins of Minnesota? And, if all the blueberries grown in North America in one year were spread out in a single layer, they would cover a four-lane highway that stretched from Saint Paul to New York! Where did muffins originate? European settlers brought with them a recipe for “Bilberry Muffins”. Bilberries were not found in the New World. Wild blueberries, native to the Americas, were both plentiful and delicious so they were substituted for Bilberries, and the Blueberry Muffin recipe was born. Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 3/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon almond extract 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 large egg 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest Directions
ChefSecrets: Lightly dust the blueberries with a little flour before adding them to the batter to keep them from sinking to the bottom of muffin cups. The first 9 ingredients are a standard muffin recipe which will make anything from plain to chocolate yummy muffins. What are Bilberries? They are wild European blueberries that are red inside, with a strong flavor and have higher levels of antioxidants than blueberries. Quip of the Day: Why couldn't the teddy bear finish his muffin? “Because he was already stuffed.” ------------------------------------------- Do you have a question or comment? Send your thoughts to [email protected]. All recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/covid-19-survival-guide. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Baking #Breakfast #FreshBakedBreakfast #BlueberryMuffins #MomsBasicBlueberryMuffins #Bilberries #Blueberries #2024Recipes #T2T #URM #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2024 …from the Perspectives’ Kitchen![]() How you doin’? This simple unleavened cracker bread with Middle Eastern roots is an ideal complement to any kind of spread, from soft butter or hummus to cream cheese with smoked salmon. Everyone loves the taste of freshly roasted peanuts. They’re one of the foods you crave and just can’t stop eating. My Hawaiian Crispy Peanut Lavash is made from finely milled, low-fat, lightly roasted peanut flour that gives this flat bread its yummy, habit-forming, simply-can’t-resist-it, come-back-for-more flavor. We blend gourmet peanut flour with Pacific Island sea salt, butter , sugar and unbleached all-purpose flour. The mixture is rolled thin and then lightly topped with a dusting of chopped, roasted Virginia peanuts and sesame seeds and any other toppings that make you happy. It is then baked until golden brown and crispy. You can eat it as a wholesome snack as is, slather it with your favorite spread or better yet, make some tasty peanut butter crisps. Whether served as a snack or appetizer, in your evening meal breadbasket or as an accompaniment to a backyard luau, family and friends will all agree it’s a “WOW!”... they’ve never tasted anything quite like it. Stand the crispy breads upright in a bowl, surrounded by savory accompaniments, for a striking presentation. Prep time: 28 minutes Bake time: 15 to 20 mins Yield: 4 large (11” x 15”) sheets Ingredients For the dough 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour 1-1/2 cups finely milled peanut flour, lightly roasted 1-1/2 teaspoons sea salt 3/4 teaspoon granulated sugar 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 large egg 1 cup whole milk For the seasoned topping 1 large egg white mixed with 1 tablespoon water 2 tablespoons chopped roasted Virginia peanuts 2 tablespoons sesame 2 tablespoons poppy seeds 2 tablespoons nigella 2 tablespoons caraway seed 1 to 2 teaspoons flaky sea salt, to taste Directions
ChefSecret: Nigella sativa (black caraway, also known as black cumin, nigella, kalonji, charnushka) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania) and western Asia (Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Iraq) but naturalized over a much wider area, including parts of Europe, northern Africa and east to Myanmar. It is used as a spice and flavoring in many cuisines. Quip of the Day: Q. Where do loaves of bread go to send mail to each other? A. The toast office. Do you have a question or comment? Send your favorite recipes, pictures or thoughts to [email protected]. Recipes and cooking tips are posted on our website https://www.perspectives-la.com/covid-19-survival-guide. ------------------------------------------- To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America, Tunnel to Towers, Union Rescue Mission and/or American Red Cross. #Baking #Lavash #HawaiianLavash #Peanuts #NationalPeanutBoard #NPB #PeanutFlour #PoppySeeds #VirginiaPeanuts #PacificIslandSeaSalt #2024Recipes #T2T #URM #FeedingAmerica #RedCross #PerspectivesTheConsultingGroup ©PERSPECTIVES/The Consulting Group, LLC, 2024 |
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