by Brian | Jul 19, 2015 | News
Why do people put flowers on the dining room table? For beauty? For luster? Does it seem sensuous? In our weekend house, we have a big, very big cherry wood dining table. Over the fifteen years we’ve enjoyed our getaway, we’ve added new plants outside...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2015 | Recipes
A month ago I posted the technique for making a Fruit Mostarda, a condiment made of candied fruit in a mustard-flavored syrup. The immediate use is as a great appetizer on crackers or bread with some goat cheese. Or brie. Or simply your favorite cheese for appetizer...
by Brian | Jul 17, 2015 | Recipes
In Lemonade, chef and author Alan Jackson introduces us to his vision of comfort food ala Southern California. The twist in this book is that each dish offers a sauce or dressing that provides exceptional finish and polish to the dish. Suzen and I made this ponzu...
by Brian | Jul 16, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Suzen and I know Pam Anderson well. We’ve cooked with her and relished each of her eight cookbooks. She is, to use Suzen’s phrase, one of the cookbooks authors you can trust. Trust? Yes. Sadly, many of today’s cookbooks are filled with recipes that...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2015 | Recipes
Two words always appeal to me: quick and pickled. Yes, I know, chocolate really does come first but that’s for another day. For her cooking school, Suzen buys in quantity and, at the end of the week, we can have an extra container, or five, of cherry tomatoes....
