Article: From biscuits to vinaigrette, honeycomb adds sweet substance.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Byline: Lauren Chapin

KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Honeycomb, that golden, sweet liquid-filled waxy substance that gets slathered on hot biscuits on lazy Sunday mornings, is actually a pretty ambitious and complicated foodstuff. Now this down-home country breakfast staple is showing up on upscale restaurant menus.

At Lidia's Kansas City, chef de cuisine Cody Hogan serves it with sweetened ricotta cheese for a light dessert. Chef Michael Magliano of Grand St. Cafe used it as a key ingredient in a sunflower-honeycomb vinaigrette dressing over dandelion greens for a Missouri farm dinner event.

The comb is the hexagonal-shaped, edible compartment that holds ...

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