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All hail Kale!

by Leah Koenig · October 24th, 2007
Cookbooks, Cooking, Food Writing, Humor, NYTimes, Vegetables

Further proof (from the NY Times no less) that kale is the best food ever.  Melissa Clark writes in “If it Sounds Bad, it’s Got to be Good:

“Nonetheless, I ordered the [raw kale] salad. It arrived as a shadowy green mountain under a blizzard of grated pecorino Rossellino cheese (a nutty Italian sheep’s milk cheese with a ruddy rind) and bread crumbs, flavored with lemon and chili. Tangy, spicy, slick with good oil and crunchy from the earthy-flavored kale, it was as pungent and rich as it was fresh and clean tasting; a veritable raw foods epiphany. The minute I left the restaurant I craved another.”

Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry’s wife) recently published a book, Deceptively Delicious, which offered sneaky recipes that slip vegetables into kid-friendly food - only to find out that the book had already been written - i.e. Missy Chase Lapine’s The Sneaky Chef.  I wonder what Mrs. Seinfeld would think of the idea that - prepared well - maybe vegetables like kale and spinach don’t need to be pureed into brownies after all.

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3 Responses to “All hail Kale!”

  1. Minnie Says:
    October 25th, 2007 at 12:59 am

    THIS IS A HUGE DEAL IF SEINFELD’s WIFE STOLE THE BOOK!

    Point #1 - Ms. Lapine showed her book to HarperCollins (Ms. Seinfeld’s publisher) 6 months before Ms. Seinfeld. Ms. Lapine’s publisher had already made Ms. Seinfeld’s publisher change the book cover (which easily resembled Ms. Lapine’s book cover).

    Point #2 - Ms. Seinfeld has the same agent from the William Morris Agency as the Harvard sophomore student who recently lost her book contract for copying another’s novel.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12594078/

    Coincidence? You be the judge!

  2. Greg Wertsch Says:
    October 25th, 2007 at 6:58 am

    Vegetables are delicious and we need to get out there and promote their value and taste - when well prepared! My cooking school is in the process of adding kids classes and we are looking at adding a bunch of vegetables to show the kids that just because it’s green doesn’t mean it has to taste bad.

    If you anyone reading has suggestions for our classes, please let me know at greg@clandestinechef.com - our school is at http://www.clandestinechef.com

    Thanks- love the blog.

  3. Alix Says:
    October 25th, 2007 at 3:32 pm

    I heart kale, too! Have you ever tried it baked? I believe Mollie Katzen is to be credited with this one, but if you toss it with olive oil and sea salt and bake it in the oven, it comes out crispy like kale chips! A great way for people to get their greens who don’t love them so much. Also, “massaging” it with sea salt is a great way to eat it raw. It softens it a lot so it’s easier to chew.

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