by Brian | Oct 31, 2015 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
It's Halloween and you may going to a party or, even better, sponsoring one. There are many websites suggesting they have Halloween cocktail ideas but, I have to say, many of those sites are bad. They may be hard to navigate, offer only pictures, hide the...
by Brian | Oct 30, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Tomorrow is Halloween and time for an orange dessert. Not some gaudy orange-frosted cake. Something both orange and sophisticated. This beautiful Glazed Apricot-Plum Galette comes from The Weekend Baker, a delightful and important book from Abigail Johnson...
by Brian | Oct 29, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Dorie Greenspan. What image just popped into your head? That stuffed pumpkin from Around My French Table? The perfect birthday cakes and frostings from Baking: From My Home to Yours. Or one of those real homemade French desserts from her latest book, Baking Chez Moi?...
by Brian | Oct 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Well, it’s only October 29th. Not quite too late to celebrate National Seafood Month, although I did miss National Salmon Day on October 8th. I was contacted by representative for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. You can guess: they have fish and...
by Brian | Oct 28, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The best way to describe author Alana Chernila is to say “she gets it.” She understands the role of food in our lives, not just sustenance but as an integral portion of our lives. Whether we live alone or, as she does, have a family with a couple of kids,...
