by Brian | May 11, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I honestly don’t know anyone who doesn’t, at least secretly, have a passion for hot dogs. Perhaps they consume but once a year at a ballgame, or they may be a regular “vanilla” dog consumer: just a beef dog, a plain bun and squeeze of French’s mustard. We consumer...
by Brian | May 11, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“Did you publish yet?” The publicist for Alice Medrich’s Seriously Bitter Sweet just emailed me. Of course I published. I remember this beautiful cookie that tasted just impeccably perfect. I searched my blog history. Gee, that’s funny. Suzen and I made the cookie...
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | News
Last week Suzen and I were visiting my daughter Kelly in Seattle. We took a day trip to Portland to, ostensibly, visit my mother, but I will admit to an additional motive: it’s been four years since I had my last Roakes hot dog. For those of you who...
by Brian | May 10, 2014 | Recipes
Do you have some favorite cookbooks that you just keep returning to? Maybe only once a year, but you find yourself drawn to “that recipe” that you loved and you cannot find anywhere else. Twenty-one years ago, Nicole Routhier published Cooking Under Wraps. With...
by Brian | May 9, 2014 | Cookbook Review
Driving in the city today, I had to turn on the air conditioner. It was not that hot outside, but the full sun had the inside of our car roasting hot. Next time, I am not buying a “black” interior. “You know what this means?” I asked Suzen....
