by Brian | Oct 17, 2015 | News
For Day 6 of Concord Grape Week, here’s a link to a post on Huffington from November 2011. You will find an abundance of lovely ideas: 21 classic recipes for Concord grapes. It’s a wonderful array of jellies, pies, cakes, cookies, shrubs, sorbets, ice...
by Brian | Oct 16, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I have a post over at Huffington reviewing A. Wong The Cookbook. It's Chinese cooking with London style from a very distinguished chef. The recipes are professional, and just a tad complex. But the food looks sooo good and frankly, with each recipe taking just a...
by Brian | Oct 16, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For Day 5 of Concord Grape Week, we are staying with dessert. This recipe is from a website called Verses from my Kitchen. The author writes infrequently, but the recipes are lovely and his wife’s photographs are simply world class. It’s a great site and I...
by Brian | Oct 15, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For Day 4 of Concord Grape Week, it’s time for dessert. This recipe is from Saveur in 2014. Suzi and I have not yet made this, but the picture and the recipe have us intrigued. It’s simple. A basic crust and filling that is just fruit, sugar, and tapioca....
by Brian | Oct 15, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
We have this,” Suzen said to me. She was holding up my newly arrived copy of HOT!, the 1992 sizzler from Judith Choate. “Had,” I said. “It was lost.” “No, just wait.” Suzen marched off to the bookshelves. She claims she knows...