Food, Photography and Bon Mots
This is a beauty! Having grown up in a household where a chopped iceberg lettuce salad (with Wishbone Italian dressing) was the only game in town, I have always sought out beauty and variety on the salad plate in my adulthood. This Ina Garten salad…
I don’t know about you, but corks don’t sound all that appetizing to me. Nevertheless, these chocholaty treats, Bouchons au Chocolat, are basically called “little corks.” This Bouchon au Chocolat recipe is from Aleksandra Crapanzano’s wonderful cookbook Gateau: The Suprising Simplicity of French Cakes. Crapanzano…
Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldie But Goodie recipe is perfect to celebrate spring. It’s a recipe for Italian Chickpeas With Pesto.
You don’t want to miss this great recipe…again.
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Having enjoyed perhaps more than my fair share of wonderful Indian butter masala (makhani) recipes, I’m a tough critic of “butter” recipes. From the original Moti Mahal restaurant in Old Delhi (which claims to have invented the dish) to the scruffy airport restaurant in Bagdogra,…
My friend Joyce recently made a heritage trip to Japan with her daughter. From luxury hotels to rustic ryokans, they savored the sights and tastes of Japan. As dedicated foodies, Joyce and I talked a lot about Japanese food before her trip. While we were…
Harissa. What in the heck is harissa?
Harissa is a middle eastern paste. It is made with hot chili peppers and a variety of spices. It is a common ingredient in dishes served across North Africa and is especially associated with the cooking of Tunisia. In fact, UNESCO hgas recognized harissa as being central to Tunisia’s cultural and culinary heritage. In North Africa, harissa is used in soups, stews and couscous dishes. In the cauliflower recipe featured on this post, harissa is used to flavor the cream sauce.
If you are reading this and thinking to yourself that harissa is another one of those exotic ingredients that are difficult to find, fear not. It’s available at Trader Joe’s.
Here is the bottle I’m using at the moment. It’s a rose harissa I bought for an Ottolenghi recipe. This one IS a bit more hard to find. It has, of all things, rose petals in the mix.
This recipe is adapted from Ali Slagel’s cookbook I Dream of Dinner. You can order the cookbook through your local bookstore or on Amazon here.
Here is the recipe as I adapted it to my kitchen.
Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldie But Goodie recipe is perfect to celebrate spring. It’s a recipe for Hot Cross Buns: Hot Cross Buns. You don’t want to…
Interesting salads. I love interesting salads! Clearly, I’m not alone. Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a “funeral garden” outside a rock-cut tomb on Dra Abu el-Naga hill in Luxor. Apparently, they have found four thousand year-old evidence of lettuce! There also are ancient…
Best cookies in Los Angeles! Three years in a row!
That’s what the cookbook author says about these cookies and we can’t disagree.
This recipe is from Rose Wilde’s cookbook Bread and Roses. The cookbook is available through your local bookstore and from Amazon here.
Here is the recipe as I prepared it in my kitchen. The measurements are in grams for this one, so you will need to use your scale. The bonus for measuring that way is more accuracy in your measurement of ingredients and fewer dishes and utensils to wash.
Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldie But Goodie recipe is for a warm and comforting Spinach and Potato Soup. It’s just the thing to warm up those…
