by Brian | Sep 13, 2014 | Recipes
It’s Saturday. You are having guests this weekend and you want appetizers, something devilishly good. If you can take some time, and are feeling inventive, and maybe can draft a spouse to help out in the kitchen, then consider deviled eggs. They are a rich...
by Brian | Sep 12, 2014 | Really Simple, Recipes
“Making potato salad,” Suzen said to me a couple of weeks ago. It was a statement, not a question. And, it was pretty obvious. I had emptied out half the pantry and the refrigerator. Vinegars, two of them. Pickles, real ones and jalapenos. Mayo,...
by Brian | Sep 12, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
There are some benefits to being senior, not old, just senior. You have perspective. You know what the road of life has been. And you can tell younger people about a world that they could never experience because that world is gone, changed, buried under the...
by Brian | Sep 11, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s Throwback Thursday. Time to review an old but still very excellent cookbook. And today’s choice is … Brand new. Well, it’s actually over 80 years old, and the world’s bestselling cookbook, but the newest edition, the 16th,...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Have you ever done something incredibly stupid? Really stupid. Embarrassingly stupid. And yet, intriguing. “How could I have done that?” you ask yourself. “Have I done it somewhere else and still don’t know it?” is the question that then...
