by Brian | Jul 8, 2015 | Recipes
In Blue Chairs Cooks with Jam & Marmalade Rachel Saunders does not make jams: she uses them in dishes sweet and savory, dishes ranging around the world. We “eat” first with our eyes and our senses of smell and taste. A North African tangine is a...
by Brian | Jul 7, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
We rarely use the term “Persian” now. It’s “Iran” and Iran carries oh-so many connotations in our world. Let’s set aside the past 40 years of conflict and the nukes and the verbal thrashing about a treaty over nuclear development....
by Brian | Jul 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
There are no little things, or so someone said to me. Several times before she left. Anyway. It turns out, there are small things, tiny gems that can adorn a plate or a dish and promote it from good to great. Take sour cream. By itself, white and stingy to the palate....
by Brian | Jul 6, 2015 | Recipes
Eat Mexico is a brilliant new cookbook by Lesley Tellez devoted to the street and markets foods of Mexico, particularly Mexico City. Lesley lived in the City for four years, learning about the food, documenting the recipes and even founding a company to take folks on...
by Brian | Jul 5, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Two years ago I blogged a Pavlova with Peaches and Blueberries, lovely summer dessert from the delectable book Meringue by Linda K. Jackson and Jennifer Evan Gardner. In a sentence, a pavlova is a big meringue shell with a high edge, filled first with pastry cream or...
