Posts Tagged with Plantains

A Banana by any other name...

Posted on February 1, 2006 by miklb

Not sure what got into the NY Times Food section, but two articles this week center around the plantain. As a Tampa native, I've been eating plantains as long as I can remember from little cafes and sandwich joints. Soon after I began cooking for a living, I began exploring using plantains for just about everything, from garnish to the star of the plate. Anyone who's ever cooked with a green plantain knows the first time you go to peel one, you're dealing with just any banana. read more

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