by Brian | Jul 31, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This week I'm repeating some cookbook review, the very best of the best. Meringue is an important book. It has the perfect techniques for creating meringue like you would find in Paris. And, the book is filled with lovely recipes employing that meringue. Don't...
by Brian | Jul 31, 2015 | Recipes
For this tomatillo week, I’ve had lots of fun exploring page after page of tomatillo recipes. There are salsas aplenty, of course, but it’s been enlightening to find other tomatillo uses — ones that just would not have popped into my head. Here, for...
by Brian | Jul 30, 2015 | Recipes
I find tomatillos to be intriguing. Little rather hard green balls that seem to be flavor hand grenades. Here’s a very simple recipe that exploints that power. Often when we make guacamole, there a serious number of ingredients: tomato, chopped onion, cilantrol,...
by Brian | Jul 30, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This week I'm reposting the best cookbook review of the past year. Ice cream books come in the summer. Whether it is summer or winter, you will find lines out the door at the Ample Hills stores in Brooklyn. If you want the latest and greatest in designer ice...
by Brian | Jul 29, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This week the cookbook reviews are repeats of the very best over the past year. This one, from last December, is a summary of 5 truly outstanding pastry books. You'll at least one in your kitchen. You can search the blog to find the individual reviews for each...