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by Brian | Jul 6, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July. Red, white, and blue day. Red is for strawberries, to be consumed in cake, pie, and beverages aplenty. This post is really about two things: the lemonade pictured above and puree, which has multiple uses over and above mere lemonade....
by Brian | Jul 6, 2014 | Cookbook Review
You may not know the name Julian Metcalfe and you probably have not met him. But if you live in London or Paris or New York [and other cities, too], you may well have eaten at his food chain Pret a Manger. My French tells me that is literally “Grab and Go...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
The planet is experiencing rapid growth: population, pollution, and mixologists. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I do not have bad associations with that mixologist word. In fact, when I retire, I am going to open up a B&B: Bar and Bakery. But as the number of...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2014 | Cookbook Review
A decade ago Mickael Benichou traveled from Paris to Queens, New York. His intent was to learn English, which he did, but that summer held much more for him. His discovery was the woman next door, a home cook whose cookie aromas beckoned Mickael to knock on the door...
by Brian | Jul 4, 2014 | Personal
It’s the Fourth of July, a day to be spent quietly assembling food for our friends. It is noon and it’s time for a break. Suzen and I do parties in stages, over days. Trying to feed twenty people all in one day is impossible for us. My daughter...
