![A Perfect Summer Meal [with options for sides and dessert]](https://cookingbythebook.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wc-2014_06_27_2355-700x510.jpg)
by Brian | Jul 9, 2014 | News
Here’s a menu for a summer meal that is satisfyingly complete. Begin with a beverage, a Pina Colada, but not just the regular one. You need Brian’s Faux Colada: more flavor and less alcohol. Then a barbecued steak complete with not some overpowering steak...
by Brian | Jul 8, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
“It tastes funny.” That was my grandson Daniel commenting on last week’s Malted Milk Chocolate Sauce. Being a grandfather, when the grandson is thirteen and as tall as I am, requires care. Better not to try to bluff it out, I concluded....
by Brian | Jul 8, 2014 | Recipes
If you are a fan of the Wednesday New York Times Food Section, as I am, then you recognize that picture above. Red hair, strong nose, wide eyes, and studied intent. Melissa Clark is my favorite Times writer. When I pick up the Wednesday paper, I scan first for her....
by Brian | Jul 7, 2014 | Recipes
This is how the conversation went. We were standing in our garden ten years ago holding a couple of small mint plants in their little plastic containers. Fresh from the green house. “Will these survive?” Suzen asked. It had been a hard winter....
by Brian | Jul 7, 2014 | Cookbook Review
You may have actually seen authors Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell on television. Not necessarily on their cooking show. In 2012, they won The Amazing Race. Actually, they have been on their own personal and successful race for some time. Two New York professional...
