by Brian | Apr 25, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Here’s a distinctive variation of the mojito cocktail. To begin, I am the dream customer for product packagers. I see something on the shelf and I’m very likely to grab it without fully understanding what that product really is. But the packaging is so seductive that...
by Brian | Apr 23, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
The recipe for roast lamb in How to Roast a Lamb is perfectly delicious — as I described in an earlier blog. Given the book title, you would think the author, Michael Psilakis, would consider the lamb the most important recipe in his striking book. But it is one of...
by Brian | Apr 22, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
In a recent blog, The Chocolate Cookie Detective, I told you of my journey to Maida Heatter’s Cookies in search of a long lost recipe. I found that cookie, but along the way in Maida Heatter’s Cookies there was more to consider. Much more. The sign of a really good...
by Brian | Apr 21, 2010 | Restaurant Reviews
Suzen and I have lived in Tribeca in lower Manhattan for twenty-three years. By coincidence, I first walked the streets here over thirty years ago. In that time, countless changes have truly transformed the once isolated and quiet neighborhood. Many changes have been...
by Brian | Apr 20, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
Pizza is marvelous food. Not because it comes in a million different versions. For purists, the thought of pineapple or shrimp is heresy, for authentic pizza naturally rises to the top of the food greatness pyramid. Well made, there is nothing better. And making great...
