by Brian | Sep 6, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest
Yesterday came the frosting. Today it’s that brownie lying underneath. Classic brownies are often made with unsweetened chocolate, which typically is melted with the butter. The resulting brownies tend to have moistness and stickiness. This recipe...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
This post is the first of two. I had to flip a coin to see which would come first. No, that’s not true. Look at that picture. The brownie is very good, made with cocoa and very cakey. But it is this frosting that literally tops this treat. This frosting,...
by Brian | Sep 5, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Recently I posted a review of Patisserie by the husband-and-wife team of William and Suzue Curley. That’s the new book from May of this year, and it’s so very delicious. But last year here in the US and in 2011 in the UK, William published this book,...
by Brian | Sep 4, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s Throwback Thursday. Time for a cookbook review of something old, something still important. From 1990 to 2007, Jerry Traunfeld was the executive chef of the Herbfarm Restaurant just outside Seattle. In 2000, he published The Herbfarm Cookbook, still a tome...
by Brian | Sep 4, 2014 | Recipes
There is nothing better than a fresh biscuit. And nothing worse than a stale one. If there is just one or two of you, it’s unlikely you’ll consume a whole batch of biscuits. What to do with those leftovers? Even the next day, they won’t be as...
