by Brian | Oct 18, 2011 | Recipes
How are couples compatible? Sometimes it is because they are so similar, sometimes different, and sometimes they have just the right overlap. Suzen creates excellent food. I eat it. Fundamentally, I’m a geek, a mathematician, who loves to visualize things. Suzen is a...
by Brian | Oct 15, 2011 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
What is the origin of new recipes? Experimentation. Inspiration. Desperation. It’s fall here, the peak weekend for red and yellow leaves and I’m getting ready for a fall party. I need to come up with a great cocktail. I was going to serve Pina Coladas, sort of a last,...
by Brian | Oct 13, 2011 | Recipes
“Curly Parsley? What the hell did you buy curly? I only eat flat leaf!” I was in the other room but her voice can carry. I looked down at the shopping list. It said “parsley [flat] and celery.” I went into the kitchen to face the music. She was standing there, parsley...
by Brian | Oct 11, 2011 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
“Bath?” Suzen asked in a tired voice. We’d spent the day gardening and cooking. It was sunset and time for a well earned break. “Sure,” I said. “What do you want?” “Gin and tonic.” Her favorite drink. She went off to fill the tub and I went off to fill the glasses....
by Brian | Oct 10, 2011 | Recipes
The nightmare is always the same. I am hungry, I go downstairs to the refrigerator, open the door, and there it all is. The fridge is filled with stacks of one overpowering awful, disgraceful dish. Salmon cakes. The only thing you can make with leftover salmon....
