by Brian | Aug 19, 2015 | Recipes
Most often, we cook bacon by reaching for the frying pan. It’s a fine technique and, after the bacon is cooked and removed, that bacon fat is there to cook with even more: potatoes, onions, carrots… Still, there is an important option. You can bake the...
by Brian | Aug 18, 2015 | Recipes
There is a month left in summer and, while I love summer, it's a tad warm. Over 90 here in the Catskills and the humidity hovers near 100. On a day like this, you want something refreshing and packed with flavor, something that can restore that smile on your face....
by Brian | Aug 17, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
In the past week, Cuba has been in the news as diplomatic relations have been restored and the long-dormant American embassy in Havana has reopened. What a perfect moment for Ana Sofia Peláez, the writer, and Ellen Silverman, the photographer, to reward us with...
by Brian | Aug 17, 2015 | Recipes
We had a perfect light summer dinner last night: corn on the cob, avocado and cherry tomato salad with vinaigrette and pumpernickel bread with mango chutney atop a spread of coeur a la crème. For the crème, I have to thank my doctor and Ina Garten. My...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2015 | Recipes
Summer fruits can be tricky. Peaches can go from rock hard to mushy in, it seems, a single day. That’s why, for many of us, it’s just safer to go with nectarines. And then there are those apricots. They too can begin life hard and almost tasteless, then...
