by Brian | Jun 23, 2015 | Recipes
At Cooking by the Book, Suzen has surrendered. There are just some dishes that she cannot get her corporate clients to eat. Guests come here, cook together in our large kitchen, and dine on their own creations. People will just not eat Bambi. Not here, but they do in...
by Brian | Jun 23, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Eat Mexico is simple to desribe: an exceptional book. It will appear in book stores in July and if you love Mexican food you really, really want a copy. I wrote a full review yesterday. You can find it on the Huffington Post at ...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
A long time ago, before “fast food,” America had thousands of cafeterias scattered across its cities. The first cafeteria [“coffee shop” in Spanish] appeared in the 1893 Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition. Five years later the idea of...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2015 | Recipes
In his new book The Lebanese Cookbook distinguished chef Hussien Dekmak presents the distinctly Lebanese version of Mediterranean cuisine. With an emphasis on simplicity but with no sacrifice in satisfaction, the dishes here are ones that will entertain your palate....
by Brian | Jun 21, 2015 | Recipes
Rachel Saunders is a jam maven. In her second book, Blue Chairs Cooks with Jam & Marmalade, she is not making jams but using them and using them widely and well. Oh, and sweetly. Jams and marmalade and butters are, in most of our minds, things to adorn some toast...
