by Suzi | Nov 6, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest
In an earlier post I wrote about “Five for Fall,” the best in new savory cookbooks. With the holidays less than three weeks away, you definitely need the best in new dessert cookbooks. Here are “Four for Fall.” I’ve already posted from three of them, tomorrow the...
by Brian | Nov 5, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
Suzen walked past me, a half eaten cookie in her raised hand “You must like them,” I said. “That’s your second one.” “You can blog these,” she replied, turned around, devoured the rest of the second, and picked up the third. Suzen is not a cookie person. Not really a...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I drove upstate early on Tuesday morning. Halfway up, the road curves to the left to avoid cutting a beautiful meadow bisected by a dashing brook. On the far eastern side, there is a sharp rise of hills, part of a large state park. In the early morning those hills hid...
by Suzi | Nov 3, 2010 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
I said I would fix the Chimayo II cocktail and I have. My inspiration? A map and a memory. Have you ever been in Chimayo? It’s easy to miss. Or to go there and get lost. To get from Santa Fe to Taos there are two paths. The fast Interstate highway. And the winding,...
by Suzi | Nov 1, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Last week I posted blogs about food journeys. For those of us in Manhattan, I wrote about a lower Manhattan farmers’ market, the New Amsterdam market, you can walk too. Then I reviewed a book, Fresh from the Farm, featuring day trips to the Hudson Valley and Long...
