by Brian | May 12, 2015 | Recipes
Oh the difference between a mere recipe title and the recipe details. In her last book, 1000 Spanish Recipes, Penelope Casas offered an army of wonderful recipes, many of them tapas, and all of them regional, authentic, and delectable. If you just skim the book and...
by Brian | May 11, 2015 | Recipes
Some of us lead double lives. Or at least 1.5 of them. Ken Haedrich is an inspired cookbook author [Pie] and Dean of the Pie Academy. You can join the Pie Academy for low tuition. Actually, it’s free. And then you get emails like I just did...
by Brian | May 11, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Just to be clear, I love this book. I have tested more recipes out of this book than any other I have ever reviewed. And I’m not done. If you drink beverages, alcoholic or not, if you enjoy flavored water of any kind, or just water, then Shrubs is a book for...
by Brian | May 10, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Kim Laidlaw’s Dessert of Day has a suggested dessert for each one of the 365 days our planet needs to circle the sun. You could just follow the book, day by day, around the spinning year. But, but, there are these photos by Erin Kunkel that really make you want...
by Brian | May 9, 2015 | Recipes
When I hear the word “roulade” my image is of chocolate sponge cake, covered in whipped cream, and wrapped into a roll for Christmas Dinner. This roulade is not a dessert. This is an appetizer idea, a template really, for an endless array of wonderful hors...
