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Chicken Tagine with Baby Artichokes, Green Olives, Apricots & Preserved Lemon

May 21, 2011 by Susan S. Bradley Leave a Comment

On the LunaCafe Facebook page recently, I bemoaned the fact that this is an atypically chilly and dreadfully dreary May in the Northwest. By chilly, I mean most days are in the 50’s, which forces me to put on three layers of everything just to step out the door. This is not the kind of weather that makes me all dreamy-eyed about eating cold, composed salads, no matter how much I will crave them once summer finally kicks in.

Instead, I find myself jotting down ideas for Moroccan tagines. Why? Because they are hot, spicy, succulent, and so damn delicious that not even the weather can bring me down when I’m eating one.

Filed Under: Meat & Poultry, Spring Fever Tagged With: artichokes, chicken braise, Morrocan cuisine, ras el hanout, recipe, Spring Fever, tagine

Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichoke, Tiger Prawn & Strawberry Salad

May 15, 2011 by Susan S. Bradley 9 Comments

I think of myself as a component kind of cook. Just as I prefer a wardrobe full of separates that I can mix and match as fancy strikes, I also like to mix and match culinary components. What I learn from one dish always has ramifications to another dish later.

Take this new salad for instance. I am in the lingering thrall of the Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichokes posted last week. They were so good that I can’t get them out of my mind. We had barely finished the first batch of artichokes, and I had another batch marinating in the fig.

Filed Under: Recipes, Salads, Seafood, Spring Fever, Strawberries Tagged With: artichokes, recipe, salad, Spring Fever, tiger prawns

Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichokes with Garlic Bread Crumbs & Toasted Hazelnuts

May 13, 2011 by Susan S. Bradley 9 Comments

Years ago in Sedona, Arizona, a dish titled Fire-Smoked Lemon and Herb Marinated Artichoke caught my attention. I asked the server how it was prepared, and she said the artichokes were marinated for days in a lemon, garlic, olive oil, and fresh herb vinaigrette, then grilled over mesquite. She said they were to die for. They weren’t. In fact, I could barely discern the marinade at all.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Recipes, Side Dishes, Spring Fever, Vegetables Tagged With: appetizer, Artichoke Primer, artichokes, recipe, Sorrel Chive Pesto, Spring Fever

Yakima Valley Artichoke Appetizer

January 14, 2010 by Susan S. Bradley 27 Comments

This recipe originally came into my files from my sister-in-law and culinary diva, Mary-beth. Or was it from my other sister-in-law, entertaining diva, Priscilla? Well, it was definitely from one of these two remarkable women.

For a few years, many years ago, while living amongst the Bradley clan and their merry circle of friends in Yakima, Washington, this appetizer appeared at EVERY cocktail party. It was a novelty at the time and a darned good one at that. But as the years passed, and we moved to Seattle, I forgot about it.