by Brian | Jan 12, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Really Simple, Recipes, Techniques
Gaby Dalkin is the blogger behind the popular and beautiful WhatsGabyCooking.com. Absolutely Avocado is her first departure from screen to print and extends her dashing portfolio. You can subtitle Absolutely Avocado as The Avocado Bible for here you will find history,...
by Brian | Jan 12, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Really Simple, Recipes
Carrots are an odd veggie. Yes, you can eat them raw, although it might challenge a weak crown in your mouth. Face it, carrots are dense and hard. So the tendency is to cook them long, often in the presence of lots of butter and sugar. The resulting product tastes...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Recipes
The A.O.C. Cookbook by Suzanne Goin is filled with examples of her exceptional talent. The main course dishes are just that: complete and often with a touch of complexity. Like this duck delight with sweet potato puree. We added, as you see in the picture, some...
by Brian | Jan 10, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Really Simple, Recipes
From Pasta Modern by Francine Sagan comes this complex vegetarian dish. Not complex to prepare, but on so complex in flavor, so satisfying that you will not be asking yourself: where are the meatballs? The delight here is the string beans, cooked with tomatoes, garlic...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Yesterday’s cookbook review and today’s are both Italian. They cover past centuries and project into the future. Yesterday’s Gastronomy of Italy is an encyclopedia of Italian cuisine. Gastronomy surveys the soul of classical Italian food enabling us...
