by Brian | Mar 31, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Where does German Chocolate Cake come from? Germany, right? Wrong. Texas. The cake was created by Sam German, an immigrant from Germany who, with many other Germans, settled in Central Texas. This distinctive cake, with its caramel-coconut frosting, has found a home...
by Brian | Mar 31, 2010 | Recipes
One rule of life is that there are exceptions to every rule. One of my rules is that to make great food takes time. The leading restaurants of Paris have staff working 7 X 24 to embrace your palette with those velvety sauces. How can great ever be quick? This recipe...
by Brian | Mar 31, 2010 | Teambuilding Successes
Spring and Summer Teams We are entering the peak sports seasons. All of us can watch our favorite teams or perhaps participate on a team. Corporations are planning their own important team activities: teambuilding events to inspire employees, to reward summer...
by Suzi | Mar 30, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
There are times when you need experience. If it’s youth and energy versus age and experience, you may find the energy unorganized, the experience an army. Recently, we needed that army. Cooking by the Book just passed a landmark. We completed our largest event ever....
by Brian | Mar 29, 2010 | Restaurant Reviews
I haven’t blogged in two days, the first break I’ve taken in over sixty days. I had a good reason: a birthday, a big birthday. To celebrate the birthday — and not my negligence to the blog — Suzen and I tried a restaurant that had long been on our list of “must do’s.”...
