by Brian | Sep 16, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Good cookbooks often have one basic underlying theme: New ideas from a great chef Family heirlooms from one culture: Jewish, Turkish, French, … Trends along one food vertical: vegetarian, poultry, … Old and wonderfully classic And sometimes, with...
by Brian | Sep 16, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It’s finally fall and your farmers market is abundant with the summer’s bounty of fruit, particularly apples and pears. I have this love/hate relationship with pears that I don’t think I can win. When good, a pear is the best fruit possible. Of course, a...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2014 | News
You may have heard about six-degrees of separation. About how we are all connected to everyone by just a few jumps from someone we know to someone they know to someone … You got it. Suzen has a different theory and method for social connectivity. She...
by Brian | Sep 15, 2014 | Recipes
For years I have struggled making peach pie. Suzen was totally scared off. We could not get the right flavor balance: too sweet or too spicy. And there was the issue of sogginess. Big, sloppy, the-first-piece-out-of-the-pie-is-a-disaster problems haunted us. I would...
by Brian | Sep 14, 2014 | Recipes
Although the season is winding down, you can still find cherries here and there at some farmers markets and certainly in your supermarket. Suzen is always picking up a bag and sampling on the drive home. Last week, I was in Yellowstone National Park and my daughter...
