Bring a shaved fennel salad to a party

I make shaved fennel salads for entertaining constantly, but they’re the best this time of year. I brought one to a potluck last night and got some of the greatest cooking compliments of my life.

Shave some fennel on the mandoline and it is immediately a great vehicle for stone fruit, nuts, herbs, and a fun dressing.

last night’s: fennel, spicy green sauce (a fridge staple), pine nuts, quartered cherries, hibiscus flowers that had been rehydrated and then soaked in champagne vinegar, tarragon, mint, cilantro, parsley, more pine nuts, and a hibiscus vinaigrette made with the champagne vinegar that had been in with the jamaica