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10 Recipes to Celebrate National Fresh Celery Month

By Food & Wine Updated December 22, 2016
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Sure, it’s a traditional component of mirepoix and a basic building block of many classic dishes, but how often do we really just eat celery for the sake of celery? Here are 10 food and drink recipes where the fibrous stalk really gets to shine.
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Celery, Grilled Grape and Mushroom Salad

Celery, Grilled Grape and Mushroom Salad
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"Celery is a vegetable people either love or hate, and we try to get people to love all their vegetables," says chef Amanda Cohen of New York City's Dirt Candy. She sets off celery's bitterness and crunch with meaty oyster mushrooms and grapes that have been grilled until almost bursting.

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Celery Cup No. 1

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H. Joseph Ehrmann, owner of the excellent San Francisco bar Elixir, devised this variation on the Pimm's Cup. Use celery ribs that are close to the heart; they're less stringy and milder in flavor than outer ribs.

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Celery-and-Celery-Root Salad

Celery-and-Celery-Root Salad
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This pretty, refreshing salad is one of the healthy options on Prime Meats' indulgent menu, combining sliced celery, celery leaves and thin strips of celery root.

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Garden Rickey

Garden Rickey
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This herbal take on a traditional cooler called the Rickey (spirit, lime and seltzer) combines celery and cucumber with aquavit, a clear Scandinavian spirit flavored with caraway and other botanicals. Kathy Casey suggests mixing in locally sourced honey, which lends the cocktail an additional layer of flavor and helps support the "bee'vironment."

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Celery Slaw with Edamame

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Edamame—that's the Japanese name for whole soybeans—may not be as commonplace as celery, but they are becoming more and more popular. Credit all the good news about soy's health benefits. The beans are available in the freezer section of many supermarkets and at Asian food markets.

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Grilled Squid Salad with Celery Leaf Pesto

Grilled Squid Salad with Celery Leaf Pesto
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Melissa Kelly's inspiration for this salad is a dish she ate in Santa Margherita, on the Ligurian Coast of Italy. It includes butter beans; they're a terrific source of potassium, iron, copper and manganese; and they're rich in soluble fiber, which helps lower cholesterol.

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Chickpea Salad with Celery, Golden Raisins and Lemon

Chickpea Salad with Celery, Golden Raisins and Lemon
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This lemony chickpea salad is one of the most popular first-course antipasti dishes at Ethan Stowell's Tavolàta restaurant in Seattle, WA. The golden raisins plumped in white wine are sweet and tender.

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Cilantro-Celery Juice Punch

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This bright green blend from Amanda Chantal Bacon of Los Angeles's Moon Juice gets its zippy, herby taste from an entire bunch of cilantro.

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Chipotle-Spiced Roasted Potato Salad with Celery & Greek Yogurt

Chipotle-Spiced Roasted Potato Salad with Celery & Greek Yogurt
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Baby potatoes get a chipotle glaze before being roasted, adding incredible flavor to this healthy potato salad, which substitutes Greek yogurt for mayonnaise.

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Bloody Mary

Bloody Mary
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These days Bloody Marys are garnished with anything from olives and pickles to lobster claws and bacon cheeseburgers. Mixologist Craig Schoettler keeps it classic with celery and lemon.

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    1 of 10 Celery, Grilled Grape and Mushroom Salad
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