Cooking Tips and Recipes Archive

Here are some of the favorite California Café recipes as well as precious advice from the "pros" in the kitchen.

Bull's Eye Cheesecake

Festive Chocolate and Buttermilk Cake

Chicken Kiev

Aloo Gobi

Normandy-Style Apple Pie

Aachar Eggplant / Aachar Lamb

Carrot Cake

Minestrone

Stuffed Cabbage with a Twist

Crème Brûlée

Easy Strawberry and Blueberry Pies

Chicken Dopiaza

West African Peanut Soup

Gateau Moka

Rosemary Spaghetti Sauce

Crème Caramel

Sticky Rice / Detached Rice

Walnut Veal / Walnut Chicken / Walnut Pie

Borscht and Pirozhki

Arroz con Pollo

Cold Soups: Vichyssoise / Gazpacho

Easy Summer Vinaigrettes

Scones

Coconut Cream Pie

Le Coq Au Vin

Sachertorte

Ratatouille / Ragoût de Pommes de Terre

Eggplant and Garbanzo Bean Masala

Tarte au Citron

Theme and Variations / Vegetable Soups

The Ballerina Torte

Lentils and Dal

Tikka Meatloaf /  Chocolate Chiffon Pie

Linzertorte

Chicken Korma / Roman Chicken

Poulet aux Quarante Gousses d'Ail

Quiche

Chocolate Mousse / Proper Folding Technique

Spinach Salad / Spinach Soup / Palak Gosht

Cassoulet

Dragon Shrimp / Hungarian Chicken

Pots de Crème au Chocolat / Bananes Flambées

Vindaloo Pork / Tarragon Chicken 

Balsamic Vinaigrette / American Chocolate Cake

Eggplant Soup

Basque Chicken / French Pumpkin Pie

Our French Rolls

Chicken and Fennel Bouillabaisse

Tarte Tatin

Cheap, Quick and Exotic Kheema

Two Superb Pies

Tandoori Marinade / Murgh Makhani

Blanquette of Veal

Crêpes Without Fear

Potato Carrot and Ginger Soup

Brazilian Black Bean Soup

Hungarian Mushroom Soup

Meatballs With Flair

Holiday Yule Log

Onion Tart

Green Beans with Split Peas

Rice can be YOUR best friend too

Cranberry Upside-Down Cake