Food, Photography and Bon Mots
Need a quick and elegant appetizer? Want to showcase some nice cheese? This Savory Blue Cheese Cheesecake is your recipe! This recipe is open to a lot of variation, too—chopped chiles, red peppers, caramelized onions and on and on. For variation, you could sub in…
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…
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 an Apple Tart. You will find the recipe here.. Want to dive deeper into our recipe…
You have to eat this one fast. This wonderful (and easy!) Pear Cake is exceptional on the day it is baked, full of caramelized pears suspended in a vanilla and almond-flavored tender almond flour cake. Starting on the day after the cake is baked, the…
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…
I was delightfully surprised recently when I made this soup for the first time. First, the broth is very flavorful–rich in cilantro, ginger and garlic flavors. Secondly, the fork technique for adding the beaten egg is genius. It’s fun, too. In the recipe, you mix…
Need a laugh for your morning? Here is a delightful marmalade sequence from the Paddington (The Bear) series: Paddington. Paddington, you will remember kept a marmalade sandwich in his hat for emergencies. Even shared it with The Queen once. This sounds like a decidedly-good idea…
Need a delicious appetizer for your New Year’s Celebration? This Bits and Pieces Party Cheese Ball recipe from Blue Cayenne’s archives might just be the thing! It’s delicious and it uses ingredients that you probably have on hand. While we’re here wishing you a Happy…
