by Brian | Nov 29, 2012 | Personal
I did not blog yesterday, for good reason. I was on a mission to clarify my health insurance and it took all day. Two months ago, Suzen got a letter here at Cooking by the Book from Blue Cross, the provider of health insurance for her and her employees. She opened the...
by Brian | Nov 27, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Yesterday’s post was about how to make dulce de leche without risking a minor kitchen explosion. Now that you have it, what do you do with it? Look at the picture. Bread pudding filled with chocolate chunks. And then crowned [if not quite drowned] in the dulce de...
by Brian | Nov 26, 2012 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
The explosions began in Mexico decades ago. They have spread north. First in the Southwest but now across the country. It has to stop. No, no, I’m not talking about the drug cartels. I am talking about dulce de leche, that marvelously brown, gooey, rich...
by Brian | Nov 23, 2012 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Ah, I had been expecting the call. For years, for over a decade. My doctor calls me and starts with, “About your blood test …” I’m fine. I am NOT diabetic. But I am in that “pre-diabetic” category where I have to exercise some judgment. More judgment, Suzen tells me,...
by Brian | Nov 22, 2012 | Recipes
In the groundbreaking book Around my French Table, one recipe by Dorie Greenspan went viral: a stuffed pumpkin. We’ve taken that stuffing and adopted it just a tad and for turkey. We first posted this blog in 2010, and here it is again. Don’t have all the...
