by Brian | Apr 30, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
If you love cookies, if you love to bake, then Krisztina Maksai’s new book, European Cookies For Every Occasion, is a must have addition to your bookshelves. It’s brilliant, eye opening, and sure to transform the meaning of “cookie” for the...
by Brian | Apr 30, 2014 | Cookbook Review
Recipes from My Home Kitchen is the first book from Christine Ha. You may have seen her on TV and been inspired by her energy, flair and beauty. She’s a terrific cook and won Season 3 of MasterChef. Her parents came to the United States from Vietnam in 1975 and gave...
by Brian | Apr 29, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
What does Bruce Lee have to do with cookies? There is a new set of TV commercials, for some product I ignore, that says good things can come in small packages. Bruce was 135 pounds but flew thru the air, really flew. His stunts were not special effects, they were...
by Brian | Apr 28, 2014 | Recipes
Mary Cech is a truly talented pastry chef and key instructor at the CIA’s Greystone campus in California. Her baking talent is unsurpassed. She’s taken that talent, and her Zen to translate sweet to savory, to create the recipes in Savory Baking, a book...
by Brian | Apr 28, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This is a really bad analogy, but I’m doing it anyway. Have you ever heard about wide spectrum antibiotics? These are drugs that can tackle an array of issues. They have benefits in many situations. Well, One Bowl Baking by Yvonee Ruperti is a wide spectrum...