Something with sharply contrasting but complementary flavors or colors

Food Ideas

• Love to Cook: “Christmas” Enchiladas or Burritos (alternating red and green chile)
• Weeknight Reality: Bow-Tie Pasta with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce; Swiss Chard Salad with Dried Fruit
• Need a Miracle: Take-out Hot Wings with Celery and Blue Cheese Dressing

Recipe Links

• Christmas-Style Machaca Burrito – Saveur
• Fusili with Gorgonzola and Walnut Sauce – Bon Appetit via Epicurious
• Autumn Greens Salad with Sunflower Seeds – Martha Stewart
• Arugula Salad with Figs, Pine Nuts and Radicchio – Martha Stewart
• Chicken and Cashews in Lettuce Cups – Real Simple

Parting Thought

“There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself.”

Herman Melville