Food, Photography and Bon Mots
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…
When I was growing up, “Eat your spinach” was touted as the route to good health. I can still sing the Popeye spinach song, too: “…I’m strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach.” (Damn. That little earworm will be in my head all…
Yotam Ottolenghi. <sigh>
This Ottolenghi recipe was featured recently on the NY Times food site and it is wonderful. The crumb is light and the almond flour gives this little cake a delightful texture. This cake is so good, in fact, that it is almost worth getting up early on a Sunday morning to enjoy a lemony slice and a cup of steaming hot tea–or, at least, grabbing a slice of the cake as soon as you stumble out of bed and try to remember where you left your glasses the night before. (Here is the link to the original recipe: Ottolenghi’s Blueberry, Lemon and Almond Cake .)
I’ve posted a few Ottolenghi recipes on Blue Cayenne before and he continues to be a culinary inspiration for me. If you are unfamiliar with him, Israeli chef Yotam Ottolenghi is a cooking phenom. He operates several highly-rated restaurants in London and has published a number of well-received cookbooks. He is also a contributor to the NY Times cooking site. (Here is a link to his official site where you will find a lot of his great recipes: Ottolenghi’s Official Site.)
Lest you feel guilty about eating cake, remember that you get to eat blueberries in this recipe and that cancels a lot of the guilt. Blueberries are,after all, a certified health food. Lots of health sites say so. And, if you are of a certain age and still feeling guilty, take a walk down memory lane and be reminded that no less an expert than Fats Domino sang that blueberries (or, at least, Blueberry Hill) can give your mood a boost: Fats Domino and Blueberry Hill.
Native to North America, blueberries are grown from the tropics to the arctic. In peak season now (July is National Blueberry Month!), you can enjoy them for a reasonable price. Blueberries are low in fat, high in vitamin C, and clock in at only 80 calories per cup. They have the highest antioxidant capacity of all fruits.
