-NANCY WALL HOPKINS, DEPUTY FOOD EDITOR
TA STIN G NO TES
TOPS IN CORN BREAD
How do you like your corn bread, yellow or white? Savory or sweet? Plain or spicy? There’s
a convenient corn bread m
ix to suit your taste. Here are three that get our top votes.
Best Classic
MARTHA WHITE
BUTTERMILK
CORNBREAD MIX
Butterm
ilk is already in the m
ix
of this white cornmeal-based,
Southern-style com
bread; 6-oz.
box, $.89; some supermarkets
or onlinestore.smucker.com
Best Spicy
SOUTH TEXAS
MILLING JALAPENO
CORNBREAD MIX
Stone-ground corn bread w
ith
just the right dash of jalapefio
pepper to play jazz w
ith your
taste buds; 11-oz package,
$3.50; stxm
illing.com
Best Natural/Whole Grain
HODGSON MILL
CORNBREAD MUFFIN MIX
Stone ground cornmeal and
whole wheat flour give texture
and hearty grain flavor to this
slightly sweet corn bread;7.5-oz.
package, $1.50; supermarkets
orhodgsonm
ill.com
Corn bread mix has a life well beyond hot buttered wedges
and muffins in my kitchen. I dropthe batteratop bubbling
stew to make puffy dumplings. Leftover corn bread isgreat
crumbledand layered with veggies fo r a quick bread salad.
W HAT IS IT?
RADICCHIO
(ra-DEE-kee-o)
Add punch to salads and coleslaw
with radicchio. The peppery
ruby-red heads, also called Italian
chicory or red chicory, can be
round or oval. For mellower flavor,
brush halved heads lightly with
olive oil and grill or bake at
4
<oo°F
fo r
15
minutes, radicchio.com
O R E P I Z Z A S T O T R Y
TAKEAWAY
EN LIG H T EN ED P IZZA
Let pizza crust be a canvas for your creativity and H arry's Bar in
St. Louis be your inspiration (
h a rry sre sta u ra n ta n d b a r.c o m
). One
of their most popular is buffalo wings pizza—topped with spicy
tomato sauce, hot-style breaded chicken strips, blue cheese, red
onion, and Provel cheese (a unique hometown blend of cheddar,
Swiss, and provolone; find Provel at
stra u b s.c o m ).
Turn your
favorite combos into pizza using homemade or purchased crust.
■ GRAPES AND CHEESE
FROM LA MADIA
RESTAURANT IN CHICAGO
Grapes marinated in Vin Santo
wine, then roasted and added
to a pizza with mozzarella
cheese, creamy-soft Taleggio
cheese, and a sprinkling of
fresh thyme,
dinelamadia.com
■ BALSAMIC PORTOBELLOS
FROM PIZZA ANTICA IN
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
Thin-sliced portobellos
marinated in a balsamic
vinaigrette join zesty fennel
sausage, roasted red onion,
and whole-milk mozzarella.
pizzaantica.com
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