Food, Photography and Bon Mots
I’ve finally found it. I’ve been on a life-long quest to find restaurant-quality red and green chile sauces for tacos, enchiladas and all manner of Mexican food delights. Like so many things in life, this recipe discovery came unexpectedly while I was chasing another recipe…
A potato pancake under your salad? Who woulda thunk it? This recipe is adapted from one that appears in Brooklyn-based Hetty McKinnon’s wonderful new book Tenderheart, A Cookbook about Vegetables and Unbreakable Family Bonds. (Tenderheart is available at your local bookstore or on Amazon here.…
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 Blackeyed Peas With Coconut Milk and Ethiopian spices. It’s spicy and delicious! You don’t want to…
This would be a delightful soup to serve on New Year’s Eve. It’s delicious. It’s beautiful. The Roquefort cheese and butter mixture stirred into the soup at the list minute adds a subtle and unexpected flavor that should wow your guests on that special…
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 spectacular Blueberry Cornmeal Shortbread Tart . You can find the original recipe here. You don’t want…
Christmas cookies! Who doesn’t love Christmas cookies? The New York Times is running its annual Christmas Cookie extravaganza and one of their star cooks, Yewande Komolafe, offered up these Lemon Butter Curls. They are wonderful–lemon wonderfulness to be precise along with a very crisp, short…
There is a surprise in every delicious bite of this unusual salad! The big surprise here is a big schmear of softened goat cheese and cream cheese hiding under this pretty pile of greens and golden beets. More good news! There can be a real…
Ah, Julia! I had friends over for a party recently and decided to delve into Julia Child’s classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking for something special to bake. And there it was! Reine de Saba cake! The cookbook is part of a two-volume masterpiece…
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 recipes are for holiday dishes involving cranberries–one a home-made sauce and the other a squash side dish. You can…
It’s the season for gift giving. Here’s an idea: Gift a snacking cake. Your gift will be as unique as it will be delicious. This recipe is adapted from a recipe in Chetna Masan’s great cookbook, The Cardamom Trail. You can find the book at…
