by Brian | Aug 17, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Before summer ends — it’s 57° at 1:40PM on August 15th and I don’t know where summer is — but assuming it reappears and before the berries are gone, use them wisely and well. It is a rare cake that does not need frosting or whipped...
![Herbed Crushed Potatoes [well, really smashed]](https://cookingbythebook.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wc-smashed-potatoes-700x503.jpg)
by Brian | Aug 16, 2014 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Often we prepare our potatoes with swiftness. One [step] and done. Baked or fried or boiled. Salt, pepper, butter or mustard or sour cream. Quick and ready to eat. Consider a different, slower, more complex, but oh-so-good path. These potatoes are cooked twice: once...
by Brian | Aug 15, 2014 | Recipes
The supply of salmon seems endless and almost all of us indulge on a regular basis. After all, if you go to a catered event, your choices generally are steak, chicken or salmon. And salmon is often the safe choice. With safety can come boredom. It’s tragic that...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
How best to drink a peach? White or yellow, a Bellini is a noble way to devour every flavor molecule. At another extreme, there is Peach Agua Fresca, which was blogged here just a few days ago. The agua fresca, alcohol aside, is equally refreshing. And, on yet another...
![TBT Cookbook Review [and a recipe!]: 1000 Italian Recipes by Michele Scicolone](/var/www//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/wc-IMG_6677-543x700-139789_543x675.jpg)
by Brian | Aug 14, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s Thursday and time to inaugurate “Throwback Thursday” cookbook reviews. Each Thursday, instead of some shiny new book, I’m going to dust off an old friend, a cookbook that Suzen and I have loved and used for years, a cookbook we want...
