Month: October 2025

Bulgur Pilaf With Tomato and Eggplant

Bulgur Pilaf With Tomato and Eggplant

Bulgur?  If you don’t know about bulgur, here is a quick primer. Bulgur is partially cooked cracked wheat. Its use is particularly popular in Middle Eastern dishes.  Bulgur has been around for a very long time– 10,000 years or so according to food historians. Durable,…

Blue Cayenne is TEN!  We’re Celebrating With A Pretty Purple Cauliflower Soup

Blue Cayenne is TEN! We’re Celebrating With A Pretty Purple Cauliflower Soup

  NEVER saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one; But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one. –Gelett Burgess (1866-1951)   How about a purple soup? Ever saw one of those? Neither had I until I picked up…

Oldies but Goodies: Wedge Salad

Oldies but Goodies: Wedge Salad

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 classic Wedge Salad. Here is the link: Wedge Salad.

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And…here is a link to Blue Cayenne’s main page: Blue Cayenne Food and Photography Blog.If you are in the mood to cook (or eat!), we hope you will take a moment to look at the many excellent recipes we have featured.

White Beans With Spinach and Parmesan

White Beans With Spinach and Parmesan

It’s October already and time to start thinking of cold weather comfort foods.  Nothing fits that bill quite like beans. This recipe combines Rancho Gordo alubia blanca beans with generous quantities of parmaesan cheese and chile crisp for a stewed bean dish perfect for those…

Persimmons!

Persimmons!

My good friend Joyce does just about everything perfectly. She cooks, she sews, she grows orchids.  She takes gentle and loving care of her family and friends. Joyce is a keeper. Her nemesis for the last few years, however, has been a type of tree–…