Food, Photography and Bon Mots
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.…
Are you world weary? World Weary. That was an iconic Noel Coward song if you don’t recognize the reference. You can play it by clicking the link that follows. Sit back and enjoy a moment in a gentler time. (World Weary.) Not too hard to…
I’m not naming names, but one of my very good friends has a secret stash of boxed macaroni and cheese. Not judging, either. I know we all have our comfort foods and national events in recent weeks have certainly been excuse enough to tap into…
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 Stuffed Eggplant in Curry with Coconut Dal would be perfect as an entree for the vegetarians at your Thanksgiving table. Actually, it would be perfect for anyone at your Thanksgiving table. Here is the link: Stuffed Eggplant In Curry and Coconut Dal.
Are green beans on your menu for Thanksgiving? Try this delicious take on the holiday tradition. Here is the link to this great Green Bean With Dried Cherry Vinaigrette dish from Blue Cayenne’s archive of more than 400 recipes: Green Beans With Dried Cherry Vinaigrette.
Need a delicious way to eat your greens? This Mediterranean Greens and Phyllo Pie is just what your need. This recipe makes a large pie and, with a little reheating in the oven to crisp the phyllo layers, lasts for days. This recipe is from…
It’s our birthday! Blue Cayenne is nine years old. Our first post was on October 6, 2015. Here we are more than six hundred posts later still cooking and writing and photographing. Who knew? We certainly didn’t. Neither I nor my ever faithful Chief Quality…
This started out as a recipe post. Sadly, it has become a eulogy to a gifted chef. Greg Malouf has died. He and his former wife, food writer Lucy Malouf, did much to introduce the western world to the delights and subtleties of Middle…
This Sweet and Sour Tofu With Corn is a wonderful Asian-inspired tofu recipe. Preparation is pretty fast, too—perfect for a lazy end-of-summer meal. It’s beautiful, too. Curious about tofu? Tofu was first produced in China more than 2000 years ago, probably as a happy…
