date:Oct 18, 2012
the Caribbean, Cuba and our beloved American barbecue.
Restaurants from upscale to quick-casual are cracking into peanuts. A sampling of menu items includes peanut bisque, a savory soup served by a fast-casual chain; fried peanut polenta croutons as a unique topping at a steakhouse; Caribbean peanut rice pudding served in a bistro in Key West; peanut ranch dressing found on a Las Vegas buffet; peanut-chile-crusted ahi salad, a favorite in Little Tokyo, CA; and peanut-studded chipotle smashed p