potato
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These Salt-Crusted Potatoes Are a Salt Fiend’s Dream
Much like myself, potatoes are capable of taking on a lot of salt. The sharp salinity is quickly tempered by the creamy, slightly bitter potato flesh for a flavour combination I never get tired of. Potato chips, French fries, and fully loaded potato skins all demonstrate that fact deliciously, but the purest iteration of this…
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Can We Stop Saying Potatoes Are Unhealthy?
Potatoes have been saddled with a reputation of being “unhealthy,” and it’s unfair. The potato is just a lump of mostly starch (and a surprising amount of vitamin C) that grows in the ground. It’s as down-to-earth as a vegetable can get — literally. Sure, we can fry it in oil and call it a…
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Your Next Baked Potato Should Be a Yukon, Not a Russet
If you ordered a “baked potato” at a restaurant and were served a Yukon Gold, you’d probably be a little confused. Baked potatoes — “jacket potatoes” in the UK — are canonically Russets. But sometimes canon is worth fucking with.
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These Mini Baked Potatoes Are Party Potatoes
Sliders, cupcakes, petite quiche, and pigs ‘n blankets have something in common: They were all mad ideas, miniaturized food favourites that quickly became the greatest party food of our time. Now the baked potato wants in on the appetizer action. Make it mini, pop it on a skewer, and you’ve got a new classic party…