Vegetables

I’ll have a cup of vodka with that! Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola

I’ll have a cup of vodka with that! Pasta alla Vecchia Bettola

“I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size zero.”                                            —Sophia Loren   I’m with Sophia. Why not start your pasta…

It’s a pizza!

It’s a pizza!

This, quite deservedly, is King Arthur Flour’s recipe of the year. It is a wonderful puffy deep-dish pizza you can make in your cast-iron skillet. Easy-peasy, by the way. Here is the recipe.     It’s a pizza! Save Recipe Print Recipe My Recipes My…

Carpe Diem and Pass the Chiles: Spicy Spinach, Bean and Pasta Soup

Carpe Diem and Pass the Chiles: Spicy Spinach, Bean and Pasta Soup

  “Ask not (’tis forbidden knowledge), what our destined term of years, Mine and yours; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers. Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past, Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our…

Pickled Beet Salad With Puy Lentils, Baby Spinach and Feta

Pickled Beet Salad With Puy Lentils, Baby Spinach and Feta

This is a beautiful salad inspired by Hetty McKinnon’s recipe for Pickled Beetroot With Puy Lentils, Baby Spinach and Cheddar in her wonderful cookbook Community. You have a lot of colorful choices within the beet (Beta vulgaris) family, too. You can make this salad as…

Cucumbers in Sweet Lime Vinegar

Cucumbers in Sweet Lime Vinegar

    Who doesn’t need a good condiment now and then? That is particularly true now. Those creative dishes we are all making with pantry staples can get a wee bit boring. This over-the-top lime-flavored cucumber dish rocks. If you are a lime juice devotee…

Sweet Memories and Russian Salad

Sweet Memories and Russian Salad

Memories. This coronavirus crisis has given me a lot of time to explore my food (and other) memories. I imagine you have done a lot of that, too. On a lazy afternoon recently, I asked myself where I would most like to revisit (and dine)…

Fit for a King: Fresh Pea Soup

Fit for a King: Fresh Pea Soup

There’s a little history lesson with this post. French kings lived in St. Germain-en-Laye on the outskirts of Paris prior to a transfer of power to Versailles in 1682. St. Germain was renowned for its beauty and its gardens. The last French king to live…

Looking for a Rainbow Right Now? Beet Salad

Looking for a Rainbow Right Now? Beet Salad

Need a little pick-me-up? This stunning beet salad will make you smile to the very last bite. The slightly-sweet vinaigrette dressing is so good that you will want to experiment with it on other dishes, too. Another bonus, you can easily make this salad your…

Oldies But Goodies: Lemony Turmeric Tea Cake

Oldies But Goodies: Lemony Turmeric Tea Cake

Every month Blue Cayenne features one post from our archive of more than four hundred recipes. Here is a great little cake recipe: Lemony Turmeric Tea Cake. You don’t want to miss this great recipe…again. Want to dive deeper into our recipe archive? Just click one of…

Rekindling A Love Affair With Indian Food: Indian Tomato Rice

Rekindling A Love Affair With Indian Food: Indian Tomato Rice

  “I like rice. Rice is great if you’re hungry and you want 2000 of something.”                                     —-Mitch Hedberg (Comedian)   Yes.  Sometimes I DO want 2000 of…