Twenty years ago, when I first returned to my native California from New York City, I tapped out a letter to the Food editor ...

These fresh lettuce wrap recipes make for convenient, crowd pleasing, passed hors d'oeuvres, and we'd argue you could scoop ...

Iceberg has a good shelf-life and can be kept for up to seven days in the salad drawer of the refrigerator.

and the lettuce cups add a cool, delicate crispness. This is a dish that invites improvisation. If you can't find some of the ingredients listed in the recipe, use others. You can add/substitute ...

When cutting the fruits: Peel the skin, hold the fruits over a bowl and cut into neat wedges. Hold the juice that drips while cutting for later use. 2. Mix all the ingredients, except the feta cheese, ...

In a bowl, mix cottage cheese, red and yellow peppers, Thai chilli sauce, roasted garlic, crushed peanut, pepper corns and chopped chives. 2. Spread the mixture on the lettuce leaf and wrap.

Whole leaves attached to the butt of the lettuce will keep much longer than broken, chopped and washed leaves. Store most lettuces loosely wrapped in a plastic bag in the salad drawer of the ...

This flavorful dinner salad—inspired by the street food favorite—is made ... dressing from this wedge salad recipe, but all those crevices in the iceberg lettuce will use it up.