6 pear and spiced walnut salad Recipes

sugar, salad oil, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground salt, all-purpose flour, eggs, firm ripe pears, peeled, cored and diced (about 1 and 1/2 lbs total ), chopped almonds or 1/2 cup walnuts, butter or 1/4 cup margarine, at room temperature, cream cheese, at room temperature, vanilla, powdered sugar

port wine, red wine vinegar, shallot, finely minced, sea salt , preferably gray salt, and freshly ground black pepper, extra-virgin olive oil, loosely packed young frisee (curly endive), torn into bite-size pieces, or mesclun, ribbon-cut radicchio, soaked, drained, and dried, crisp red pear, halved, cored , and very thinly sliced crosswise, chunk farmhouse cheddar, coarsely broken spiced candied walnuts , recipe follows

brown sugar, cayenne pepper, cumin, vegetable oil, pecan halves, peeled chopped granny smith apple, shallot, vinegar, sugar, corn oil, walnut oil, salt and freshly ground pepper, sliced small red onion, separated into rings, green beans, salt, seedless red grapes, ripe unpeeled pears , cut lengthwise into 1/4-inch slices, freshly ground pepper, roquefort cheese, chopped fresh chives

sliced peaches, drained, pear halves, drained and chopped, plums, drained and pitted, apricot halves, drained, spiced apple rings, drained, pineapple chunks, drained, cherries, drained, applesauce, margarine, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, chopped walnuts or pecans