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OK. OK. It’s another damn Banana Bread recipe. In my defense, this is a Banana Bread recipe with a new twist: tahini. No. Really. Tahini? In Banana Bread? Wow! Who’d a thunk it? Tahini is a paste made from toasted ground hulled sesame seeds. You’ve…
What is the world’s largest edible bean? Look that question up on the Internet and you are in for a trip down the rabbit hole. There is a Guinness record for the World’s Tallest Bean plant. (46.3 feet/2003.) There is a record for “The…
Koolsla? Koolsla is Dutch for what most Americans call coleslaw–cabbage salad. Dutch settlers in New York introduced koolsla to the American table in the 17th and 18th centuries. This Mango Slaw recipe, with its sweet lime dressing, is a delight. It works with barbecue or as…
Here’s a little history… People have been enjoying asparagus for a very long time. Archaeologists excavated evidence of 3000-year-old asparagus on pottery at the Pyramid of Sakkara in Egypt. Apparently, Nefertiti loved the stuff and had the little stalks offered up to the…
He was orphaned during the Ethiopian Civil War of the 1970s. Adopted by a Swedish family, he grew up in Gothenburg, Sweden, where he credits his grandmother, Helga, for his love of cooking. Trained in the culinary arts in Sweden, Austria, France and Switzerland, he…
Every month Blue Cayenne features one post from our archive of more than 350 recipes. Here is a Tomato Galette With Honeyed Goat Cheese, Caramelized Shallots and Fresh Thyme recipe you won’t want to miss…again. Want to dive deeper into our recipe archive? Just click…
In the world of binges, a cookie binge isn’t such a bad thing. So…here is another cookie recipe close on the heels of the oatmeal cookie recipe (here) posted a couple of weeks ago. That oatmeal cookie comes together with a mix of traditional ingredients.…
Want to diversify your homemade bread baking game? This Persian flat bread is just the ticket. It’s called Nan-e Barbari and it is delicious. This recipe is adapted from one that is regularly featured at The Hot Bread Kitchen in East Harlem in New York…
I gifted a few of these Rum-Raisin-Oatmeal Cookies to my neighbors. My neighbor confessed that her husband ate two of the cookies after breakfast as a “breakfast dessert.” No harm in that. Right? The cookies are oatmeal cookies, after all, and oatmeal is a respectable…
Every month, Blue Cayenne features one post from our archive of more than 350 recipes. Here is a Pasta Alla Vecchia Bettola recipe you won’t want to miss…again. Want to dive deeper into our recipe archive? Just click one of the categories at the top…
