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Warm Nicoise made me pick this Salad Daze book by Hot knives.

This book has its 'Table of Contents' done innovatively in the form of a 'periodic table'. Come to think of it, Table of Contents is a good title for a cookbook.
The 'Hot Chips' write up makes me wonder how chips taste when hot.

There is a section on salt. Safeway has a recipe for 'herb salt' on its salt box.Anticaking agent is added to salt. We are not happy with our products as they are. We want them free-flowing. Recall the 'Captain Cook' salt ad where the lady compares the free flowing salt with the soggy one. We add oils to peanut butter to prevent seperation.
Salt is a big deal. Salt is seen as a symbol of loyalty in India.

Foraging mushrooms. A party got lost foraging ans was subsequently found.

Vadouvan

Fork seems to be a useful tool not limted to just eating. A tip in this book asks you to use the fork to slough the peel of a roasted turnip. In a video, the author of How to cook like a man uses a fork to hold a turnip and peel it like crazy.

Sweeter than sugar. Brix
Julie Julia of this book

coconut mashed potatoes using coconut oil. At Whole foods there was a sampling of coconut water which does not use heat like other brands.

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