by Brian | Jan 19, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Recipes
There is no question that more and more people have food issues, serious food issues. And, for reasons no one is certain about, the food allergies appear to be growing in terms of the numbers of people involved and the level of severity in the individual cases. We...
by Brian | Jan 19, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Recipes
Last week I posted about a marvelous cookbook Sweets and Desserts from Middle East by Arto der Haroutunian: TBT Cookbook Review: Sweet and Desserts from the Middle East by Arto der Haroutunian The book has inspired me to go down byways I would never have...
by Brian | Jan 18, 2015 | Cocktails
So I wanted a cocktail, but something brightly, distinctively different. And I have those bottles, especially the ones almost filled and shoved to the back because after I used them once or twice, I could not figure out what else to do with them. Lack of...
by Brian | Jan 16, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Soup. What does that word summon when you hear it? Visions of red and white cans, maybe blue ones? Bowls of something very watery served in your grade school cafeteria on a “bad food day?” I have fonder soup memories. In the 1970’s there was a soup...
by Brian | Jan 16, 2015 | Food History, Really Simple
If I say “spaghetti” then what word is triggered in your brain? For many of us, “spaghetti” is synonymous with “meatballs.” Like Macaroni and Cheese, spaghetti and meatballs are inseparable and, of course, universal. The truth is...
