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John Forti’s Heirloom Salad

Kitchen Vignettes is a farm-to-table video blog by Aube Giroux. She is a passionate organic gardener and home cook who likes to share the stories of how food gets to our dinner plates. She won the Saveur Magazine's 2012 Best Food Blog award in the video category.

John Forti’s Heirloom Salad

Season 7 Episode 3 | 4m 43s | CC

For his heirloom salads, John draws on the historical idea of a compound salad which assembles a little bit of everything from the garden.

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