LunaCafe
Blog URL http://thelunacafe.com
Tags cooking, recipes, seasonal, regional, food, sustainable, creative, Northwest
LunaCafe OtherWorldly Kitchen is a virtual café located somewhere along the 45th parallel, with easy access to the sea. Our chef, SMS Bradley, loves cooking with regional ingredients in their natural seasons.
Latest Blog Posts
- Pumpkin Sour Cream Pie with Caramel Walnut Topping on Nov 26, 2009 in Autumn Leaves Desserts caramel dessert pumpkin pumpkin poie Thanksgiving
Thus, in my feverish delirium, I hit upon the one element that I could add to the pie that might tempt him to actually taste it: CARAMEL. Which turned out to be PURE GENIUS! To tell you that this pie is beyond delicious is not to do it justice. Bu...
- Baby Leek, Cheddar & Rosemary Tart on Nov 19, 2009 in chives custard tart fresh herbs leeks pastry crust quiche rosemary savory custard savory tart
OK, let me break this to you gently. You may want to sit down. This is not actually a TART. It’s a QUICHE. You remember what a quiche is, right? Quiche is one of those unfortunate foods that while enjoying its heyday in the 1970's, riding the Fr...
- Mostaccioli with Sweet Rainbow Peppers on Nov 8, 2009 in autumn Autumn Leaves Fall fennel green bell peppers mostaccioli pasta Portland farmers market red bell peppers roasting peppers sausage tomato yellow bell peppers
Every Saturday morning, from April through December, whether in Seattle or Portland, I head to one of the many world-class Northwest farmers markets. You might think I would become jaded after awhile, but it hasn’t happened. Every week, I’m b...
- Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step on Nov 6, 2009 in Basics Anaheim peppers autumn bell peppers Fall green bell peppers Italian sweet peppers red bell peppers roasting peppers sweet pimiento peppers
When Columbus first set foot on the Caribbean island that is now shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, he was hoping to find black pepper, the world’s most costly spice. Instead he found the genus Capsicum which the native inhabitants called...
- Roasted Fall Vegetable Salad with Warm Goat Cheese & Honey Mustard Vinaigrette on Nov 1, 2009 in Autumn Leaves Salads butternut squash chevre Fall goat cheese Northwest Potatoes red bell peppers roasted vegetables salad
We are in love with full-meal salads in the OtherWorldly Kitchen, and I scramble every week to come up with a couple of new and memorable offerings. However, it’s challenging to make a salad an entire meal if seafood, poultry, or meat is not includ...
- Green Chile Chowder with Yellow Finn Potatoes & Italian Kale on Oct 26, 2009 in Autumn Leaves chowder Fall Italian kale poblano peppers Soup
We settled into our Portland city digs for a few weeks, and one of the first things we did was hike over to the Portland Farmers Market. To tell you that the market was glorious yesterday morning is to be guilty of careless understatement. It was ove...
- Pumpkin, Spice & Everything Nice Tea Bread on Oct 25, 2009 in Autumn Leaves Desserts orange essence pumpkin sweets tea bread walnuts
When October hits the Pacific Northwest and the Cascade foothills begin to turn iridescent shades of crimson, honey, and gold, I develop an intense craving for anything and everything pumpkin. This year, I’ve already created a new pumpkin bisque an...
