Food, Photography and Bons Mots
Every month Blue Cayenne features recipes from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. These recipes are our “Oldies But Goodies.” Today’s Oldies But Goodies recipe is for Crispy Oyster Mushroom Skewers With Crushed Chickpeas. It’s a keeper. Here is the link: Crispy Oyster Mushroom…
Here is a great comfort food to get you through unsettling times: Cream of Mushroom Soup. I used small brown baby bella mushrooms in this soup but you could mix things up with other mushroom varieties. This recipe uses a lot of mushrooms and yields…
Anyone out there love mushrooms? I’ve recently rekindled my love affair with the Long Beach Sunday Farmers’ Market and there are two delightful mushroom vendors. I love their fresh mushrooms and enjoy the snappy conversation. I’ve searched for recipes worthy of their beautiful mushrooms and…
This is an excellent way to use left-over risotto. You can use your favorite risotto recipe. I suggest you use Blue Cayenne’s Porcini Mushroom Risotto recipe (omitting the green peas). You can find that recipe here. This recipe is from Susan Spungen’s cookbook Veg Forward.…
Comfort food. In normal times, whether it’s an oatmeal cookie or a bowl of this Cream of Mushroom Soup, there is always a place in our lives for the comfort of food. But, these are not normal times. Fierce wildfires are raging here in Southern…
This is the “little black dress” of mushroom soups. It’s basic. It’s elegant. It never disappoints. This recipe is from Deborah Madison’s cookbook Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison’s Kitchen. You can order the book through your local bookstore or on Amazon here. It is a great…
“Cooking is a craft, I like to think, and a good cook is a craftsman — not an artist. There’s nothing wrong with that: the great cathedrals of Europe were built by craftsmen — though not designed by them. Practicing your craft in expert fashion…
What do you cook when life throws you a curve? Comfort food. Mushrooms. Wild rice. Butter. As I convalesce after recently breaking my knee while gardening (I know. I know. It was a real klutz move.), I have been focused on food that is easy…
Put everything down. Make this soup. Now. It is that good. In fact, it is a fantastic soup—rich, umami-packed, beautiful in the bowl. The most important factor with this soup is, of course, its full flavor. A close second is its absolute beauty. The soup…
I made this Indian mushroom curry for an important party recently. What a great recipe! I remember eating a lot of wonderful food in India, but I don’t remember mushrooms. So it was with some surprise I found Mushroom Masala Curry on the buffet at…
