by Brian | Jun 8, 2012 | Recipes
Ethnic cookbooks are often filled with techniques and recipes that will make you smile even before the food hits your plate. You may see something you suddenly remember your grandmother made. Or, you may discover the origins of a technique that has become a world...
by Brian | Jun 7, 2012 | Recipes
Pork and Sons was a brilliant book devoted to the noble pig. Now author Stephane Reynaud has written Rȏtis: Roasts for Every Day of the Week, an encyclopedia for those who grew up where the main meal for every day was themed. In this lovely book, the days of...
by Brian | Jun 6, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Exceptional. Elegant. Ecumenical. I am not a raisin fan. Suzen is not big on walnuts. Yet we saw this picture and agreed to temporarily set aside our culinary differences. We would agree to raisins and walnuts. [Yes, we did put pecans on the edge!] I had no problem...
by Brian | Jun 5, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Here is how we found our way to the best lemonade yet. “Are you open for lunch?” I asked. It was 12:01 at the Pig Bar in Saugerties, New York. “We are. We just are.” The bar there is huge: high, wide, and thirty feet long. The voice came from a little girl. Pretty and...
by Brian | Jun 4, 2012 | Cookbook Reviews, Dessert Digest, Recipes
By now, this year’s batch of maple syrup has arrived at the farmers markets. Fresh, new and with the same questions of vintage and terroir that accompany the arrival of any wine. What hath a warm winter wrought? And what to do with that syrup? A frosting, of course....
