by Brian | Jul 18, 2012 | Recipes
This is our first test from Laduree Savory: The Recipes. It has blinis for Suzen and smoked salmon for Suzen — and for me. The results here almost cannot be described. Suzen made these blinis thick yet soft. The smoked salmon is, in fact, alder-smoked salmon. Where do...
by Brian | Jul 17, 2012 | Cookbook Review
When you get it home, it’s more of a present than a purchase. A lovely pink box beautifully inscribed with the logo in purple ink. Inside, the lavender felt-covered object comes wrapped in crinkly pink tissue paper. And the object? Oh, the object. It’s a cookbook, but...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2012 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
There are times when I just crave the tartness of a green salsa. And many of those times, I’m impatient. I want it NOW. I could seek counseling for my inability to deal with need and want. Or I can pick up a can of tomatillos. I choose the can. Although you...
by Brian | Jul 14, 2012 | Recipes
Seattle is famous for many things but food wise the top spot has to be Pike Place Market. This is the oldest continually operated farmers market in the country, starting in 1907. There is a three story neon sign that says Public Market Center, and for locals the...
by Brian | Jul 14, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Man goes into a bar. [Sorry, for timing reasons it has to be a man.] The bar is in New York City. The man pulls his stool up to the edge of the bar. Sawdust shuffles as the stool legs scrape along the floor. The bartender, large and flush, says, “What’ll you...
