by Brian | Sep 30, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This is not a brand new cookbook, 2012, and it’s still far too young to be a Throwback Thursday offering, so I’m just tossing this out to you because it’s so very delightful. And, officially, it’s fall. For many of us, fall is pie season. We...
by Brian | Sep 30, 2014 | Recipes
They are there. And they are not moving. Last night’s rain has weighed down the falling leaves and a rake, not the wind, will be the solution to a messy looking yard. Before you go outside, something warm and sweet would give you just the incentive needed to put...
by Brian | Sep 29, 2014 | Recipes
I am not being disparaging when I say this: Asian recipes can have a lot of ingredients. That’s a complement and actually a statement of longing. American food culture is built around fast food. Not just McDonalds and Burger King. Look at the popular...
by Brian | Sep 27, 2014 | Recipes
Yesterday I posted a recipe for tzatziki, that cucumber and sour cream side that mates blissfully with protein. Here’s a matching Middle Eastern treat: meat kebabs filled with both meat and spices. The meat flavor is not lost amidst all these ingredients, but...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
When I was growing up we did canning and preserving. Canning meant pickles. “Preserving” was word rarely used. We “made jam.” Strawberry jam. Sometimes it was exotic: we added rhubarb. Sometimes we even made raspberry jam. And the...
