by Brian | Jul 11, 2014 | Recipes
I feel a little guilty. I just ate a steak with a wonderful side dish, a barbecued onion topped with goat cheese and fig and honey. The recipe came from Vegetarian Grilling: 60 Recipes for a Meatless Summer by Karen Schulz and Maren Jahnke. I hope the...
by Brian | Jul 11, 2014 | Cookbook Review
Meringue by Linda K. Jackson and Jennifer Evans Gardner is a book I keep close at reach. It’s a 90° turn to the right and two shelves up. I’ve posted five recipes here from the book: Pavlova with Peaches and Blueberries On Making Meringue Coconut Joys...
by Brian | Jul 10, 2014 | Recipes
Blue cheese. I just hate assocaitin the word "bacteria" with something so beautiful. And so versatile. I love to eat blue cheese, directly, on crackers, by the quarter pound. But the truth is blue cheese belongs in salad and soups and, yes sauces....
by Brian | Jul 10, 2014 | Recipes
Devil’s food cake is an American creation, a fairly recent one from the very early 1900’s. The first printed recipe occurred in 1905. And, then evolution set in. The cake is characterized by being more moist and more airy than traditional chocolate cakes....
by Brian | Jul 9, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Do you remember your first Pina Colada? Your second? The third? If they were consumed all on the same night, then somewhere between two and three you may have become a tad fuzzy. The standard pina colada recipe has two problems. First, it’s booze heavy....
