by Brian | Aug 31, 2015 | Recipes
Eat Mexico is a brilliant new cookbook by Lesley Tellez devoted to the street and markets foods of Mexico, particularly Mexico City. The book is filled with exciting recipes and, unless you have lived in Mexico City as Lesley did, these recipes will surprise you. The...
by Brian | Aug 29, 2015 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
How do you make a great cocktail? Mixologists are in constant migration, searching, testing, tasting, and celebrating. There are an infinite number of combinations and techniques. It’s tough to say something is the best, the ultimate. So, on that scale of...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2015 | Recipes
August is stumbling to an end. I say stumbling because it has not fended off fall at all. Some years, summer is strong into September. This year, fall was appearing in the first week of August. You may have some “tell” trees near you. We do. These...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You may have seen in the news that an iconic New York City bar has closed: Hogs and Heffers. Rough and rowdy, Hogs was in the Meatpacking district when it had real meatpacking firms, not today’s high end restaurants and fashion stores. Why did it close? Rent...
by Brian | Aug 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
"Now what do I do?" Suzen asked. It was rhetorical. She was standing with a large lump of baguette dough in her hand. Leftover dough. On yesterday's post, I noted that wonderful English muffins are made with baguette dough. But after those muffins...
