Sherry Sweet Potato Souffle
Posh up the sweet potatoes with this rich & deeply flavored twist. Easy, much loved & requested recipe that also turns out great with...
top of page
Pure Joy Blog
Gourmet Seasonal Recipes • Wedding & Event Planning Tips • Culinary Travel Adventures
#23
Catering Blog
in the World
Search
Passion for Passion Fruit
A dear lil' friend of mine grows passion fruit in her garden and asked me to help her make passion fruit cupcakes. She had an inspired...
47 views
Postcards From Tokyo, Noodles & Tempura
My sons, Cougar, here, and Luc, couldn't get enough ramen, WARNING: eating ligit ramen will completely alter your perception of what it...
64 views
Kale & Caramel Recipes for Body, Heart & Table
CHEESY BUTTERNUT SQUASH WITH SAGE CAULIFLOWER BREADCRUMBS BREAKFAST PLUM CAKE ORANGE BLOSSOM PISTACHIO MILK JASMINE NECTARINE COCONUT...
3 views
Shimika & Lance Thank You Thursday!
“Ellen, the beautiful memories you and the Pure Joy Team helped create on our wedding day will always be treasured. you have truly...
9 views
Tomato, Caramelized Onion & Goat Cheese Tart with Parmigiana Pepper Crust
This dish delivers sublime satisfaction with the colorful heirloom tomatoes of Santa Barbara, all those glorious colors, in a light, and...
61 views
I'm Coco For Coconut Rice
This is a recipe I often go to, I just love coconut! I grew up (if that ever really happened…) in Hawaii, and, to me, coconut is comfort...
48 views
Postcards From Barcelona
Jamon abounds (that's ham), its perfect with Spanish Brandy, try Magno, neat Doing the tap tap tapas dance down the endless streets of...
60 views
Paul & Lizzy's Thank You Thursday!
“Patrick! What a fun wedding with such an amazing meal(s) - we had the best time and have only heard about how much people enjoyed...
10 views
Postcards From Cooking Lessons in Bordeaux
and an unforgettable pistachio cake frosting... Like translucent bubbles from the earth in Bordeaux; Chasselas blanc grapes I begin...
89 views
Gluten Free, Lessons From Luc
Lucas Oswald, my son, Author & Content Manager / Photo Journalist with Emerson Collective Luc, me & Cougar in India Great Pure Joy...
84 views
Multi-Cultural Wedding Bliss
You can literally feel the love this beautiful couple has for each other through the photos. We caught this adorable couple googly-eyed...
24 views
Postcards From Brazil
the only vehicles allowed on the ancient cobbles of Paraty The bus from Rio to Paraty seemed pretty sketchy, so at the last minute we...
45 views
Lemon Braised Fennel
“The fennel is beyond every other vegetable, delicious. It greatly resembles in appearance the largest size celery, perfectly white, and...
37 views
Rebecca & Max's Thank You Thursday!
“You guys were amazing. Even now, 2 ½ years later I STILL have people telling me how great the food was at our wedding. I recommend you...
3 views
Behind the Scenes at Pure Joy Catering
The experienced team at Pure Joy is what enables us to excel at planning and executing such fabulous off-premise events. Everyone’s...
31 views
Ripe figs + Meyers Lemon + Cognac = Pure Joy
Goat Cheese & Cognac fig jam .... glorious now thats a ripe kadota fig! kadota figs from Chris at Santa Ynez Gardens who sells at SB...
90 views
A Groom's Part in the Plan
One exceptional evening at the Aperi Restaurant’s Chefs Table in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, while Chef Matteo Salas blew all of our...
9 views
Postcards from Rome
There’s a small humble restaurant in Rome that blew our minds. Cacio e Pepe on Via Giuseppe Avezzana, 11. Anthony Bourdain recommended it...
43 views
bottom of page