Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I grew up thinking beans belonged in a bowl. (The cuisine in my childhood home was pretty devoid of spice and imagination. Mine was a meat and potatoes kind of family.) Then I grew up and went to India. There, in the Taj Mahal Hotel…
Scones! The biscuit-like quick breads originated in Scotland in the 16th Century. By the 18th Century, they were a fixture on the English afternoon tea table. More recently, they were popularized by Queen Elizabeth II who reportedly adored them topped with bespoke strawberry jam from…
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 Chocolate Guinness Cake. You’ll find it here.
You don’t want to miss this great recipe…again.
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“Then just when I thought I was going to really break down for a good cry, I remembered a large bag of pistachio nuts in the back of the pantry.” –Jeanne Ray Is there a connection between cold weather, being stranded indoors and…
Humans have been consuming mushrooms for a very long time and for many reasons. Greek warriors were fed mushrooms to make them stronger. Mushrooms were used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years–many times for the purpose of enhancing the immune system. In the…
