by Brian | Nov 21, 2014 | Recipes
This was first posted four years ago when Dorie Greenspan's magnificent Around My French Table was a soaring and stunning rage. While the buzz may have abated, there is no decline in the importance of Dorie's work. This recipe is surely one you might consider...
by Brian | Nov 20, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Sometimes progress is not totally positive. Nicholas Butcher, British by birth, wrote Recipes from the Spanish Kitchen in 1990, by then living in Spain and endlessly traveling the back roads. He moved village to village, region to region. The roads...
by Brian | Nov 20, 2014 | Recipes
I first posted this blog in February when we enjoyed it with an early spring meal of pork chops topped with a chipotle sauce. You see that deep red/orange flavor in the background of this picture. Speaking of colors, that's how to cook this souffle: all...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The “Little” in the title refers to the small kitchen in Paris where author Rachel Khoo experimented, perfected and began a soaring career. There is nothing little at all about this very big book. Born in London to a Malaysian Chinese father and Austrian...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2014 | Recipes
You always want delicious. To achieve delicious and have it be super simple is quite extraordinary. There are times when the ordinary vinaigrette, though splendid, becomes a tad boring. And there are times when a cheese dip for your crudité is just too...
