Fruit

These stuffed pears are stunningly beautiful and delicious. They’re easy and quick to prepare, too. What’s not to love?

  Need a laugh for your morning? Here is a delightful marmalade sequence from the Paddington (The Bear) series: Paddington. Paddington, you will remember kept a marmalade sandwich in his hat for emergencies. Even shared it with The Queen once. This sounds like a decidedly-good idea…

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 popular holiday Cranberry Sauce. It would be perfect for your holiday table. You will find…

It’s plum season. How great is that? Plums are my favorite stone fruit.  This season I was fortunate to get a large bag of home-grown plums from my friend Karen. (Karen is also the adored dog walker for Blue Cayenne’s Chief Taster and Chief Quality…

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 recipes are for holiday dishes involving cranberries–one a home-made sauce and the other a squash side dish.  You can…

I don’t know about you, but I grew up with  cranberry sauce right out of the can for Thanksgiving. You know…the jellied sauce with the ridges. It’s somebody’s birthday this year. This year marks the 110th birthday of the canned jellied treat. Invented in 1912…

My neighbor Sarah gives this little cake an “A.” I have to agree with her. I’ve been testing it all morning (a bite here, a bite there…you know how that goes!). It’s spicy delicious with all the right fall flavors.  This recipe is adapted from…

In Spain,  Esta es La Pera is a popular idiom used to describe a particularly enjoyable experience. Literally translated, it means “This is the pear.”    So, in the spirit of this season when pears shine, here is a “no fuss” dessert that showcases one of the best…

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 is a Spicy Fruit Salad that makes wonderful use of summer’s fruit bounty.  You will find a link to…

What ever happened to those wonderful Swedish smorgasbord restaurants?  They were having a moment when I was a younger cook. I remember the beautiful buffets of delicious delicacies. I still crave the savory breads. So it was with great anticipation and a good bit of…