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Bitter Greens With Sweet Mustard Vinaigrette

By Bryant Terry
Bitter greens with sweet mustard vinaigrette recipe
Photo by Oriana Koren, food styling by Lillian Kang, prop styling by Jillian Knox

If you aren’t into bitter vegetables, this salad may just change your mind. To chef-author-activist Bryant Terry, who adapted the recipe from his book Vegetable Kingdom, the acerbic notes of bitter greens such as frisée and radicchio are often underappreciated but ideal for balancing this assertive sweet-tart dressing.

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