Food, Photography and Bon Mots
It’s plum season. How great is that? Plums are my favorite stone fruit. This season I was fortunate to get a large bag of home-grown plums from my friend Karen. (Karen is also the adored dog walker for Blue Cayenne’s Chief Taster and Chief Quality…
Remember the 1970s with its leisure suits, lava lamps, and platform shoes? (I saw a 60-something lady today at the local Sprouts Market teetering along in jeans and sky-high platform shoes! Whoa.) Foodwise, I remember those wonderful wedge salads served with generous dollops of roquefort…
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 forTurkish White Beans. You’ll find the recipe here.
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This is a recipe for Zucchini Casserole Widmer. Who in the heck was Widmer? I found this recipe deep in the pages of my recipe collection. I haven’t made it for years but I (rightfully!) remember it fondly. I transcribed it in my handwriting, so…
Need a bit of drama at your 4th of July party? This Chickpea Salad With Herbs and Scallions would be perfect. It’s not the traditional Fourth of July potato salad (wonderful as that is!) Instead, it’s a delightful chickpea variation on that traditional salad that…
A rose is a rose is a… strawberry.
Strawberries, North American natives, are in the rose family. Grown in abundance by North America’s indigenous people, the pretty sweet fruits were part of the Columbian Exchange once European explorers and colonists arrived. Among other crops, Europe got strawberries, tomatoes and potatoes and North America got onions, coffee beans and grapes.
This little Strawberry Lime Almond snacking cake is a beauty. The jammy red strawberry swirls intertwine with the translucent white glaze to make the surface of the cake shine.
This cake recipe is from Yossy Arefi’s Snacking Bakes. You can order the book through your local bookstore or on Amazon here.
Here is the recipe as I prepared it in my kitchen.
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 delightful salad, Neil’s Romaine. You’ll love the garlicky salad dressing. You don’t want to miss this…
Looking for an unusual cocktail? This Pickle Brine Margarita from The New York Times might be quirky enough to fit the bill. You can find the link to the original recipe here. The NYT gives credit for this cocktail to a bar in Brooklyn named The…
This is a delightful little snacking cake. It’s got all the flavors—molasses, allspice, cinnamon, ginger. Oh. espresso. It’s got espresso flavor, too. It is just the kind of flavor bomb you need to jolt you out of your late afternoon funk…or your just-outta-bed bleariness.
This recipe is from Yossy Arefi’s cookbook Snacking Bakes. The book can be ordered through your local bookstore or on Amazon here.
Here is the recipe as I prepared it in my kitchen.
This is the “little black dress” of mushroom soups. It’s basic. It’s elegant. It never disappoints. This recipe is from Deborah Madison’s cookbook Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison’s Kitchen. You can order the book through your local bookstore or on Amazon here. It is a great…
