by Suzi | Sep 22, 2011 | Recipes
Everybody probably recognizes the phrase “sufferin’ succotash.” The phrase was uttered by the cartoon cat Sylvester and at times by Daffy Duck. That was in a gentler time when F-bombs were not strafing our cultural environment. “Succotash” itself is an Indian word...
by Suzi | Sep 21, 2011 | News
There is eating and there is dining. At an even higher level, there is the dining experience. That full experience is a reward that every person recognizes and relishes. It goes far beyond the food. In fact, the food can be secondary. You can have a dining experience...
by Brian | Sep 20, 2011 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
When I was a freshman at Reed College, everyone had to take a class called Humanities 101. The premise of the class was simple: in the past 3000 years Western civilization has created many classic works of prose and poetry — in this class you had to read every single...
by Brian | Sep 18, 2011 | Recipes
I do love chicken wings and I’m fortunate to live just a few block from a spot, Walker’s, in Tribeca that has awesome, fire hot, sweat inducing wings. Before Buffalo wings were invented up in wonderful Buffalo, New York, chicken wings were scrap. You’d toss...
by Suzi | Sep 15, 2011 | Cooking Classes, Cooking Events, News
We have great news for fans of our cooking classes at Cooking by the Book. Public classes, open to everyone, are back. And back with style. We have introduced Takeaway Classes at CBTB, accelerated classes to let you learn and flourish with new skills. Each class will...