buckwheat

Brunch

Toad In The Waffle Recipe

Your waffle has a hole in it. Good start.

Jan 13, 2013 11:01 am

Photo: Mark Shaw

Here's why Food Republic's Test Kitchen is magical: toad in the waffle. These kinds of things occur when we cook at full-force for a whole day. The inside is savory and egg yolky and the outside is maple-ey and meaty — neither layer competes with each other, it's just the perfect breakfast in a very concise format. That's all.

Brunch

Buckwheat Pancakes With Orange Honey

Nutty, flavorful buckwheat pancakes get sweet

Jan 1, 2012 1:31 pm

Photo: simplyla on Flickr

Savory crepes are made with half buckwheat and half all-purpose flour. Soba noodles are 80% buckwheat flour and 20% all-purpose. Even the blini for your potential caviar is a blend: 2 parts buckwheat flour to 1 part all-purpose. So naturally, a variation on this formula must translate into delicious brunch pancakes.

What To Eat: Lunch

Buckwheat Kasha Instead Of...

Sub in buckwheat groats for your "typical" grains

Dec 20, 2011 12:31 pm

With Hanukkah upon us (I want a V-slicer of doom), I thought I'd let my constant cravings for Jewish food run rampant all over lunch this week. Today it's kasha, otherwise known as buckwheat or buckwheat groats.

What To Eat: Lunch

Slurping Soba Noodles

Japanese buckwheat noodles: ramen's greatest fear

Dec 2, 2011 12:31 pm

Soba isn't mass-manufactured in dehydrated cakes and sold for 50 cents a pack. It's also not pigeonholed into hot noodle soup. No, soba is an truly an art form, carefully crafted by hand and eaten hot or cold, in soup or straight-up with nothing more than a dip in soy and rice vinegar. Plus, the last time I checked, ramen was still waiting at the door to the sandwich club.

What To Eat: Lunch

Ode to Savory Crepes

From France with cheese, crepes are for lunch

Oct 26, 2011 11:01 am

I have a startling obsession confession. Every single day I lived in Paris, without fail, I had a buckwheat crepe (also known as a galette) with ham and freshly-grated Gruyère, sprinkled with herbes de provence.