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by Brian | Jul 11, 2015 | Agua Fresca, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
As much as I love my lemonade, I do seek variety in my private beverage life. For the past two summers, for your enjoyment and mine I’ve suggested agua frescas, which can be made in infinite, delicious variety. Suzen loves watermelon but even she cannot down a...
by Brian | Jul 10, 2015 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
For the 4th of July weekend, I offered up a Basil Mojito. It's a lovely cocktail and quite sufficient, yet I was left wondering. About that mint? What if I did both basil and mint? What would happen? I did the experiment and I'm very happy. Now, there are...
by Brian | Jul 9, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
When he died in 1991 of heart failure at a young 46, food enthusiasts around the world already considered Felipe Rojas-Lombardi to be a towering figure. Born in 1945 in Peru, Lombardi worked as an assistant to James Beard and was the founding chef of Dean &...
by Brian | Jul 9, 2015 | Recipes
In Downtown Italian: Recipes Inspired by Italy, Created in New York’s West Village, authors Joe Campanale, Gabriel Thompson, and Katherine Thompson provide you samples from their portfolio of Italian delicacies served at their quartet of Lower Manhattan...
by Brian | Jul 8, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Seattle is a superior food town, a collection of neighborhoods speckled with little restaurant gems highly focused on the sea. There are, to be sure, “big” restaurants in Seattle, the stylized booming halls of wood and stone and glass that you can find in...
