by Brian | Feb 28, 2015 | Recipes
I promised you this recipe yesterday when I did a review of the beautiful Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong which has just been published. Luke’s book is a culinary journey of the societies of Southeast Asia sitting along the meandering, and quite long, Mekong...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2015 | Recipes
Joy Wilson’s Homemade Decadence has this great premise: the most important meal of the day, of the week, is brunch. Just the word “brunch” connotes something special. It’s not breakfast. It’s brunch. Here’s one of Joy’s...
by Brian | Feb 27, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
If you are fond of the cuisines of Southeast Asia, or just curious, or about to travel there, then this book is a supreme experience. Subtitled “A Culinary Journey from China to Vietnam” Greater Mekong provides an enriching and most enlightening survey of...
by Brian | Feb 26, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Suzen began Cooking by the Book in 1988. Back then, we did parties for friends where we all cooked together out of the same cookbook. Hence, our name. This was the first cookbook we used, a book I picked because of my Northwest heritage. I grew up in Portland when the...
by Brian | Feb 26, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I love my Bananas Foster. My agreement with Suzen, Clause 4.3.1a in the marriage contract, is that I can make it once a year. Suzen’s lawyer was a nice man, but, fortunately for me, not comprehensive. Here’s a recipe that is not, I would maintain, Bananas...
