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Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! This week, I’m continuing my series on the “mother” sauces of California Cuisine. Since California Cuisine does not have an official list of foundational sauces, and I thought it should, I came up with the following sauces: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, salsa, Bernaise (or Hollandaise), pesto, soy sauce and basic tomato. Having covered mayonnaise in posts a couple of weeks ago, last week, I took …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my series on the foundational sauces of California Cuisine. In the last few weeks, I’ve shared recipes involving my first choice for a foundational sauce: mayonnaise. This week, I have started sharing thoughts and recipes on my second choice for a foundational sauce: vinaigrette. At its most basic, a vinaigrette is oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Olive oil and nut …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m so glad you’re here! This week, I’m continuing my series on the “mother” sauces of California Cuisine. Since California Cuisine does not have an official list of foundational sauces, and I thought it should, I came up with the following sauces: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, salsa, Bernaise (or Hollandaise), pesto, chimichurri, soy sauce and basic tomato. In my posts for the last couple of weeks, I have featured …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–so glad you’re here! A couple of weeks ago, I started my series on the “mother” sauces of California Cuisine. French Cuisine has five mother sauces: Veloute, Hollandaise, Espanole, Bechemel and Sauce Tomat. Since California Cuisine does not have an official list of foundational sauces, and I thought it should, I came up with the following seven sauces: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, salsa, Bernaise (or Hollandaise), pesto, chimichurri and …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook! I’m really glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my series on the “mother” sauces of California Cuisine. This is my final recipe featuring my first choice for a mother sauce: mayonnaise. Please check out the last six or so posts to see other fun recipes using mayonnaise such as pesto aioli, honey-pecan prawns, tartar sauce and even a terrific chocolate-mayonnaise cake! While writing my series on …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m so glad you’re here! Here in Northern California, our early spring weather has been unsettled–rainy, cool, breezy one minute and bright sunshine the next. It’s been so dry that I’m certainly grateful for whatever rain we get. But hands-down, the best part of unsettled weather are the vibrant skies–almost like the sky is putting on a show! This picture really doesn’t do this gorgeous blaze of …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my series on the seven fundamental sauces of California Cuisine. While there is not a definitive list of foundational or “mother” sauces of California Cuisine, I am positing that they are the following: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, pesto, salsa, basic tomato sauce, Bernaise (or Hollandaise) and chimichurri sauce. This week, I started the series by sharing my recipe for a basic mayonnaise, …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my series on the seven fundamental sauces of California Cuisine. While there is not a definitive list of foundational or “mother” sauces of California Cuisine, I am positing that they are the following: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, pesto, salsa, basic tomato sauce, Bernaise (or Hollandaise) and chimichurri sauce. I started the series by sharing my recipe for a basic mayonnaise, followed by …

Hello and welcome back to The Stone Soup Cook–I’m so glad you’re here! Today, I’m continuing my series on the seven foundational sauces of California Cuisine. While there is not a definitive list of foundational or “mother” sauces of California Cuisine, I am positing that they are the following: mayonnaise, vinaigrette, pesto, salsa, basic tomato sauce, Bernaise (or Hollandaise) and chimichurri sauce. Last week, I started by sharing my recipe for a basic mayonnaise. It’s …