by Brian | Jan 8, 2015 | Recipes
If you are asked to taste food with a blindfold, it can be embarrassing. People will confuse carrots and onion. Celery and hearty lettuce. Can you recognize parsnip with blindfold on? Not a chance. But, there are some flavors that cannot be missed. Say,...
by Brian | Jan 8, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Food History, Recipes
This week’s Throwback Thursday cookbook is both old and new. This distinguished encyclopedia of Italian cuisine was first published in 1987 and in 2013 a new and vitally expanded edition was published by Pavillion Books. Author Anna Del Conte may not be widely...
by Brian | Jan 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Food History, Recipes, Techniques
Are you a foodie? A sometimes baffled foodie? Like, why are some macaroons made with coconut and others are sandwich cookies made with almonds? And what do either of these things have to do with macaroni? Obviously nothing. Well, actually, you have food cousins there,...
by Brian | Jan 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes, Techniques
Fans of this blog know that I have a favorite cookie: the Maxine, a refrigerator cookie with a chocolate-nut center wrapped in a dough, sliced and baked. I’ve made it for Christmas for over 30 years. Suzen and I no longer have a tree every year,...
by Brian | Jan 6, 2015 | Recipes
We all love salmon and every time we go to a wedding or other event we are told so again. And again. And again. Now, salmon is a truly good food to eat — farm-raised versus wild is a complex issue for there are farm-raised suppliers with healthy products....
