by Brian | Sep 10, 2014 | Recipes
Lucinda Scala Quinn has writing Mad Hungry and Mad Hungry Cravings. These are success and survival manuals she wrote for moms like her, moms with a perpetually hungry husband and one or more tall and getting taller sons. Like their father, her three sons are often...
by Brian | Sep 9, 2014 | Recipes
Eating a peach with salt, basil and olive oil is not something I would automatically do. Just too strange. But when Michele Scicolone suggests it, Suzen and I were intrigued. This salad is a favorite for Suzen’s culinary team building events. It is the ideal...
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by Brian | Sep 8, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Here’s are questions that cannot be answered: what is the best place to eat in Paris, where should I buy food in Paris, where should I buy wine? It’s impossible to provide a single answer to these questions and even this book does not attempt to do...
by Brian | Sep 8, 2014 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Having brunch? Want something far, far beyond a mimosa? Read on. In the West Village on 11th Street, just past Hudson, there is The Spotted Pig, the extraordinary restaurant from April Bloomfield. If you can dine there, it is a must. If you cannot, then pick up...
by Brian | Sep 7, 2014 | Recipes
Our good friend Marie Simmons wrote a wonderful book, Rice: The Amazing Grain, and she was spot on. Suzen and I are fortunate to live in Manhattan where, in less than 15 minutes, we can walk to 30 restaurants serving rice. All of them Asian or Italian. Now, I am fond...
