Food, Photography and Bons Mots
It appears to be spring here in SoCal. Get ready! Zucchini “abundance” is just around the corner. Here is a tasty recipe from Alison Roman’s new cookbook Something From Nothing. You can buy the cookbook through your local bookstore or online through Amazon here. To my…
For just about every basic recipe, you need “the little black dress”–the basic fall-back recipe that never fails. Here is a wonderful vinaigrette that hits all the right notes. It is tangy with just the right amount of sweet. This was a gift recipe from…
This is quite a good variation on traditional Caesar Salad Dressing, enriched as it is with a ripe oily Haas avocado. This recipe is based upon one that appears in America’s Test Kitchen’s The Complete Salad Cookbook. The cookbook is available through your local bookstore…
This recipe brings back fond memories of parties in my home. On my buffet table, a three bean salad was always a reliable dish–easy to put together, flexible, and interesting. Recently, my local Farmer’s Market has been offering beautiful yellow was beans that reminded me…
This is one wonderful salad dressing. A real keeper. This Creamy Sesame-Ginger Dressing is a Samin Nosrat recipe from The New York Times. You can find the original recipe here. Nosrat is the gifted author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, an exceptional cookbook that should…
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 Roquefort Salad Dressing You will find the recipe here. Want to dive deeper into our…
Remember the 1970s with its leisure suits, lava lamps, and platform shoes? (I saw a 60-something lady today at the local Sprouts Market teetering along in jeans and sky-high platform shoes! Whoa.) Foodwise, I remember those wonderful wedge salads served with generous dollops of roquefort…
Need a bit of drama at your 4th of July party? This Chickpea Salad With Herbs and Scallions would be perfect. It’s not the traditional Fourth of July potato salad (wonderful as that is!) Instead, it’s a delightful chickpea variation on that traditional salad that…
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 delightful salad, Neil’s Romaine. You’ll love the garlicky salad dressing. You don’t want to miss this…
This is a beauty! Having grown up in a household where a chopped iceberg lettuce salad (with Wishbone Italian dressing) was the only game in town, I have always sought out beauty and variety on the salad plate in my adulthood. This Ina Garten salad…
