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A No Recipe Recipe: Mushrooms In Puff Pastry

A No Recipe Recipe: Mushrooms In Puff Pastry

You can go home again! After a too long Covid-related hiatus and with a nudge from some good friends, I finally made it back to the Long Beach Marina Farmers Market.  As I strolled through the trimmed-down market, I was reminded of the many reasons…

Asparagus in Puff Pastry

Asparagus in Puff Pastry

Need an easy but impressive dish for the end of the month? This Asparagus in Puff Pastry just might fit the bill. Don’t be put off by the puff pastry ingredient. There is no need to make your own. You’ll find puff pastry in the…

Mediterranean Zucchini and Feta Fritters

Mediterranean Zucchini and Feta Fritters

  This recipe for Mediterranean Zucchini and Feta Fritters is from Yasmin Khan’s cookbook Ripe Figs. The book is available from your local bookstore or on Amazon here. Khan’s cookbook was a James Beard International Cookbook finalist and was included on The New York Times’ “Best…

Confit Tandoori Chickpeas

Confit Tandoori Chickpeas

Need some recipes for dinner dishes that you can make right from the pantry? There are nights when I sure do! Here is a cookbook for you to consider. It is Yotam Ottolenghi’s new cookbook, Shelf Love. The premise of the book is just that—recipes…

Bulgogi Eggplant

Bulgogi Eggplant

Bulgogi?  It’s a Korean specialty. Koreans have been making the classic dish for hundreds of years—sometimes grilled and sometimes in a broth.  In recent times, the dish has become rockstar-popular on Korean and international menus. Bulgogi roughly translates to “fire meat.” Although the dish is…

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler: An Oyster Mushroom Po’Boy

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler: An Oyster Mushroom Po’Boy

My good friend Carol gave me a delightful gift for my birthday— grow-your-own oyster mushrooms. As it turned out, the gift triggered my long-suppressed American Gothic. You know…the farm, the pitchfork, the Willie Nelson concert.   There I was every day for a couple of…

Oldies But Goodies: Eggplant Gratin In Parmesan Custard

Oldies But Goodies: Eggplant Gratin In Parmesan Custard

Every month Blue Cayenne features one post from our archive of more than 350 recipes. Here is an Eggplant Gratin in Parmesan Custard recipe. You don’t want to miss this great recipe…again. Want to dive deeper into our recipe archive?  Just click one of the…

Black-Eyed Peas With Coconut Milk and Ethiopian Spices

Black-Eyed Peas With Coconut Milk and Ethiopian Spices

He was orphaned during the Ethiopian Civil War of the 1970s. Adopted by a Swedish family, he grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he credits his grandmother, Helga, for his love of cooking. Trained in the culinary arts in Sweden, Austria, France and Switzerland, he…

Oldies But Goodies: Pasta Alla Vecchia Betolla

Oldies But Goodies: Pasta Alla Vecchia Betolla

Every month, Blue Cayenne features one post from our archive of more than 350 recipes. Here is a Pasta Alla Vecchia Bettola recipe you won’t want to miss…again. Want to dive deeper into our recipe archive?  Just click one of the categories at the top…

Portobello Mushroom Steaks And Butter Bean Mash

Portobello Mushroom Steaks And Butter Bean Mash

Portobellos are gourmet mushrooms. Right? Actually…no. Portobellos are poseurs. They are just your common Agaricus bisporus (button) mushroom with good PR. Who knew? It turns out that until the 1980s,  those big beefy mushrooms we now call portobellos were the overly-mature culls that more often…