Fruits

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

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…

Simple. Simple. Simple. Declicious. Delicious. Delicious. These Prunes in Armagnac are absolutely wonderful–a delightful indulgence at the end of a patience-straining month.  This is a David Lebovitz recipe from his book Drinking French. The book is available through your local bookstore or on Amazon here. The…

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…

When I was growing up, “Eat your spinach” was touted as the route to good health. I can still sing the Popeye spinach song, too: “…I’m strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach.” (Damn. That little earworm will be in my head all…