Welcome to LunaCafe’s Recipe Index by Season page. On this page, you will find a complete index of all LunaCafe recipes, organized by seasonal availability of the key ingredients. I hope you enjoy using these recipes as much as I enjoyed creating them for you. Happy cooking! …Susan S. Bradley
“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter’s evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream… I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people’s tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.” …Mark Twain
You may also want to check out Recipe Index by Month, Recipe Index by Category and Recipe Index by Key Ingredient.
Fresh Primers
- Fresh Primer: Apples
- Fresh Primer: Apple Cider
- Fresh Primer: Artichokes
- Fresh Primer: Blueberries
- Fresh Primer: Cherries
- Fresh Primer: Cranberries
- Fresh Primer: Lentils
- Fresh Primer: Pears
- Fresh Primer: Rhubarb
- Fresh Primer: Strawberries
- Fresh Primer: Winter Squash
Farmers Markets
- Northwest Fresh: April 2009
- Northwest Fresh: Portland Farmers Market Spring 2009
- University District Farmers Market August 2008
Technique | Basics
- Quick & Easy, Flaky, All Butter, Short-Crust Pastry
- Roasting Peppers Step-By-Step
- The Wonderful World of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- Thanksgiving 24-Hour Turkey Gravy (Roux & Roux-Based Gravy)
Autumn Leaves (Fall)
- Harissa (North African Hot Chile Sauce
- Savory Pumpkin Honey Dinner Rolls
- Fresh Corn & Chipotle Soup with Prawn, Avocado, & Lime Escabeche
- Curried Sweetpotato, Ginger, & Coconut Bisque
- Sweet Corn & Poblano Chile Chowder
- Green Chile Chowder with Yellow Finn Potatoes & Italian Kale
- Warm Spiced Red Kuri Squash & Orange Soup with Cinnamon Harissa
- Indian Summer Tomato, Orange & Sweet Onion Salad
- Spanish Broccoli & Prawn Salad
- Prawn & Strawberry Salad with Fresh Herb Panna Cotta
- Smoked Sockeye Salmon Cakes with Chipotle Aioli & Green Apple Pico de Gallo
- Baby Shiitake Mushrooms with Ancho Chile Sauce
- Melted Leek, Green Apple & Toasted Hazelnut Dressing
- Pumpkin Ricotta Gnocchi with Garlic Sage Butter
- Caramelized Apple, Onion, Cheddar & Blue Cheese Tart
- Spicy Eggplant Tomato Sauce
- Dry-Cured Breast of Turkey Roulade with Autumn Herbs
- Thanksgiving 24-Hour Turkey Gravy (Roux & Roux-Based Gravy)
- Sauté of Chicken with Caramelized Apples & Toasted Hazelnuts
- Toasted Hazelnut & Browned Butter Friands
- Luscious Candied Lemon Sage Tea Cake
- Cranberry Orange Yogurt Pecan Bread
- Caramelized Apple Cider Tart
- Hazelnut Honey Toffee Tart with Cranberry Variation
- Spiced Green Apple Lemon Clafouti
- Spiced Pumpkin Sour Cream Upside-Down Coffee Cake
- Pumpkin Sour Cream Pie with Caramel Walnut Topping
- Apple Cranberry Deep Dish Pie with Toasted Walnut Streusel
- Sweet Corn & Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Spiced Caramel Apple Sauce
- Candied Lemon Peel
- Spiced Apple Cider Caramel Sauce
- Mulled Apple Cider with Warm Winter Spices, Cayenne & Hibiscus
Let It Snow (Winter)
- MauiJim’s Cottage Cheese Pancakes
- Aunt Elfred’s New Year’s Eve Corn Bread
- Chipotle Cheddar Corn Bread
- The Best Scones in the Entire Universe
- Egg Salad Sandwich Perfecta Mundo
- Croque Monsieur Revisited
- Potato, Yam, Garlic & Gorgonzola Mashers
- Potato, Yam, Garlic & Smoked Cheddar Gratin
- The Best Damned Hash
- Polenta (AKA Cornmeal Grits)
- Potato Gratin with Ricotta, Pancetta & Melted Leeks
- Pasta Carbonara Perfecta Mundo
- Smokey Chipotle Meatloaf
- Breast of Chicken with Fiery, Fruity Guajillo Sauce
- Italian Bolognese Sauce (Ragù)
- New Year’s Day Black Bean Ancho Chili
- Peanut Butter Caramel
- Caramel Blondies
- Chewy Gooey Congo Bars (Blondies on Steroids)
- Deep, Dark, Spicy Gingerbread with Coffee Glaze
- Peanut Butter & Garam Masala Cupcakes with Creamy Dreamy Peanut Butter Frosting, Peanut Praline & Caramelized Banana
- Pumpkin Spice & White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Heavenly Parmesan Sour Cream Pound Cake
- Torta della Nonna for My Darling Lily
- Ultimate Vanilla Pudding (Perfect Stove-Top Custard)
- Rosalyn’s Toasted Coconut White Chocolate Dream Pie
- LunaCafe’s Triple Lemon Doodles
- Tis the Season for Hot Buttered Rum
- A Gift of Drinking Chocolate
Spring Fever (Spring)
- Spiced Rhubarb Chutney
- Spicy Sorrel Chive Pesto
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichokes with Garlic Bread Crumbs & Toasted Hazelnuts
- Northwest Early Spring Farro & Lentil Salad
- Lemon & Thyme Marinated Artichoke, Tiger Prawn & Strawberry Salad
- Basic Little Potato & Five Onion Soup
- Curried Tomato & Red Lentil Soup
- Roasted Garlic & Sunchoke Soup with Rosemary Hazelnut Pesto & Goat Cheese Crèma
- Spicy Cucumber Gazpacho
- Heirloom Carrot Soup with Lemon Verbena, Spearmint & Garlic Gremolata
- Smoky Spanish Zarzuela with Chorizo & Emmer Farro
- Quintessential Potato Gratin
- Basic Spaetzle, Cheese Spaetzle, Herb Spaetzle & Pumpkin Spaetzle
- Spaetzle, Wild Mushrooms & Broccoli Rabb with Thai Yellow Curry Sauce
- Spinach & Egg Fettuccini with Wild Mushrooms & Pancetta (Straw & Hay)
- Strozzapreti with Spicy Italian Sausage, Broccolini & Garlic Crema
- Apple Cider-Brined Tenderloin of Pork with Rhubarb Deglazing Sauce
- Chicken Tagine with Baby Artichokes, Green Olives, Apricots & Preserved Lemon
- Metrovino’s Parmesan Pound Cake
- Rhubarb Rose Petal Caramel Syrup + 4 Variations
- Spring Rhubarb & Apple Crisp with Toasted Hazelnut Streusel
- Rhubarb Cardamom Lime Muffins
- Rhubarb, Tangelo & Cardamom Marmellata
Summer Sizzle (Summer)
- Roasted Red Bell Pepper Gazpacho
- Creamy Romaine Soup with Summer Herb Butter & Garlic Croutons
- Kicky Tomato Strawberrry Gazpacho
- Sweet Carrot Bisque with Umami Pesto
- Basic Pesto, Pesto Oil, Rosemary Hazelnut Pesto, Cilantro Ginger Pesto, Herb Garden Pesto, Basil Arugula Pesto, & Basil Olive Pesto
- Umami Pesto
- Seeded Bread Crisps
- Sweet Cherry & Pea Vine Salad with Basil & Mint
- Grilled Prawn, Roasted Baby Tomato & Chipotle Mustard Bread Salad
- Summer Tomato, Sweet Onion & Blackberry Salad with Basil Mint Crema
- Tuscan Melon & Blackberry Salad with Prosciutto & Yogurt Chevre Dressing
- Spicy Penne & Chicken Salad with Chipotle Lime Dressing
- Old-Fashioned Creamy Macaroni Salad
- Italian Giardinera
- Cauliflower Gratin with Tillamook Aged Cheddar, Caramelized Onions & Applewood-Smoked Bacon
- Risotto of Sweet Corn with Corn Coulis, Zucchini, Chevre & Green Corn Oil
- Crostone with Basil Mint Pesto & Roasted Ratatouille
- Lime-Marinated Steak Gyros with Tzatziki Sauce, Tomatoes, Onions, Feta & Mint
- Fire & Spice Grilled Burgers with Chipotle Aioli
- Summertime Beef & Brew Grilled Burgers
- Fire-Spiced Chicken with Wild Honey & Lemon Glaze
- Grilled Baby Back Ribs with Garlic-Ginger BBQ Glaze
- Breast of Chicken with Goat Cheese, Basil & Mint
- LunaCafe’s Spicy Fried Chicken
- Lime & Vanilla Scented Rhubarb Clafouti
- Fresh Blueberry Lime Sauce
- Fresh Apricot Ginger Peasant Cake
- Raspberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake
- Rhubarb Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake
- Balotin Cherry and Lime Crisp with Toasted Almond Streusel
- Blueberry, Lime & Rose Petal Cheesecake
- Fresh Strawberry-Tomato Dessert Sauce
- Blueberry Lavender Limeade
- Blueberry Lemon Verbena Spritzer with Candied Ginger Ice Cream
- Heavenly Almond Yogurt Cake with Fresh Strawberries, Strawberry Caramel Sauce & Basil Sauce
- Strawberry Basil Sour Cream Gelato
- Strawberry-Tomato Dessert Sauce
- Heavenly Chocolate Beet Tea Loaf
- Light as a Feather Panna Cotta
- Panna Cotta Verrine
- Rose Petal and Honey Yogurt Panna Cotta
- Lavender Chevre Panna Cotta
- Candied Ginger Buttermilk Panna Cotta
- Rosemary Lemon Sour Cream Panna Cotta
- Blackberry Lime Syrup with Star Anise
Silver Moon (Holiday)
- New Years Eve Quartet of Entertaining Spreads
- Curried Seafood Cakes with Fresh Ginger Aioli
- Yakima Valley Artichoke Appetizer
- Caramelized Ancho Chile & Cinnamon Almonds
- Toasted Hazelnut, Honey & Garam Masala Brittle
- Pumpkin Sour Cream Pie with Caramel Walnut Topping
- Pumpkin Spice & White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Hazelnut Honey Toffee Tart with Cranberry Variation
- Apple Cranberry Deep Dish Pie with Toasted Walnut Streusel
- Caramelized Apple Cider Tart
- Rosalyn’s Toasted Coconut White Chocolate Dream Pie
- Cranberry Orange Yogurt Pecan Bread
- Deep, Dark, Spicy Gingerbread with Coffee Glaze
- Panforte di LunaCafe
- Dreamy Creamy Gingerbread Fudge
- Heavenly Gingerbread Marshmallow Creme Fudge
- Spiced Apple Cider Caramel Sauce
- Christmas Tea Mulling Spice
- One Hot Mama Drinking Chocolate
- Pumpkin Spice Hot White Chocolate
- Mulled Apple Cider with Warm Winter Spices, Cayenne & Hibiscus
- Tis the Season for Hot Buttered Rum
Chocolate Moon (February)
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Cabernet Butter Cake
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Montmorency Cherry Morning Love Muffins
- Bittersweet Chocolate & Toasted Walnut Cookies Perfecta Mundo!
- Bittersweet Chocolate Orange French Toast with Orange Caramel Syrup & Toasted Almond Praline
- Burnt Sugar & Rosemary Chocolate Tarts
- Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
- Chocolate & Warm Winter Spice Butter Crisps
- Chocolate Shortcake with White Chocolate Crema, Strawberry Lime Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
- Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bars
- Fried Banana Split with Mexican Chocolate Sauce & Strawberry Lime Salsa
- Heavenly Chocolate Beet Tea Loaf
- Heavenly Chocolate Crepes
- LunaCafe’s OtherWorldly Silky Fudgy Brownies
- LunaCafe’s Burnt Caramel & Lemon Chevre Brownies
- LunaCafe’s Ultimate Chocolate Pudding
- Luscious White Chocolate and Raspberry Rose Petal Cheesecake
- Mexican Hearts of Fire Cookies
- Northwest Chocolate Desserts 2008
- Once in a Chocolate-Spice Moon Cookies
- One Hot Mama Drinking Chocolate
- Pumpkin Spice Hot White Chocolate
- Pumpkin Spice & White Chocolate Cheesecake
- Quintessential Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce
- Spirited Chocolate Crepes
- Spirited Mocha Crepes with Peanut Butter Caramel, Peanut-Cocoa Nib Brittle & White Chocolate Crema
- The Wonderful World of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- White Chocolate, Cardamom & Coconut Beignet
Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies (December)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Deck the Halls (kick-off post)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Deck the Halls (entire collection)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Silver Bells (kick-off post)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Silver Bells (entire collection)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Starry Night (kick-off post)
- Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies: Starry Night (entire collection)
- Almond Butter Poinsettia Cookies
- Brown Butter, Toasted Almond & Toffee Shortbread
- Candy Cane Butter Cookies
- Chinese Five Spice Butter Cookies (Silver Bells)
- Chocolate & Warm Winter Spice Butter Crisps
- Chocolate Toasted Coconut Bars
- Christmas in Provence Cookies
- Cinnamon Hot & Orange Shortbread (Mary’s Christmas Quilt Cookies)
- Coconut Vanilla Lime Shortbread
- Comfort & Joy Spice Cookies
- Cornmeal, Black Pepper & Rosemary Butter Cookies
- Cranberry, Pistachio & Candied Ginger Shortbread
- Decidedly Lemon Teacakes
- Douglas Fir & Orange Blossom Butter Cookies
- Ellen’s Swedish Pepparkakor
- Espresso Orange Butter Cookies
- Garam Masala & Candied Ginger Cookies
- Green Tea & Rose Spritz
- Heavenly Brown Butter, Lavender & Lime Cookies
- Lemon Gingerbread Caramel Bars
- Lemon Orange Pecan Thumbprint Cookies
- Lemon-Lime Clove Sugar Cookies
- Lily’s Swedish Vanilla Spritz
- Merry Maraschino Cherry Cookies
- Mocha Java Hazelnut Cookies
- Moon over Tunisia (Baharat) Butter Cookies
- Once in a Chocolate-Spice Moon Cookies
- Orange Vanilla Sugar Cookies
- Peanut Butter Ginger Shortbread
- Peppermint Lime Kaleidoscope Cookies
- Peppermint Stick Shortbread
- Rosalyn’s Midwinter Night’s Dream Cookies
- Sweet Parmesan Almond Cookies
- Toasted Almond Black Cherry Shortbread
- Toasted Pecan Gems
Quintessential Mac & Cheese
- Quintessential Mac & Cheese Roundup 2008
- LunaCafe OtherWorldly Mac & Cheese
- World Famous Green Chile Mac & Cheese
- Green Chile Crema
- West 5: Astral Mac & Cheese
- Crave: Shiitake Mac & Cheese
Dining Out
- Eat. Boston. Clio.
- Eat. Boston. Winter Squash Soup.
- Eat. Seattle. Smith.
- West 5: Astral Mac & Cheese
- Crave: Shiitake Mac & Cheese
- Northwest Chocolate Desserts 2008
- Quintessential Mac & Cheese Roundup 2008
- Arizona Sweet 2009
- Maui Sweet 2008
- West 5: Astral Mac & Cheese
- Crave: Shiitake Mac & Cheese
- Sweet Briar Farms Pork Chop with Bodacious Corn Hush Puppies
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