Green onions are more than just a last-minute garnish. For this week's Check the Pantry, Jeff Lockwood makes the classic Chinese snack scallion pancakes and a tamarind and burnt green onion dressing for some chicken salad.

Check the Pantry: Ground Beef

On Check the Pantry, we start with one ingredient. Where we go from there is anyone's guess. Join host Jeff Lockwood, and frequently a guest or two, in the kitchen, at the table, on the farm, or even out on a fishing boat for a peek at food from all its perspectives. Produced at KBBI AM 890 in Homer, Alaska.