by Brian | Oct 14, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This review appeared in April when the apples were mere buds on the trees. Now those apples are pouring accross the farm stands across the country. If you are apple hunting, then whether you are going to eat them raw or cook away, this is the best apple guide you can...
by Brian | Oct 14, 2015 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
On Day 3 of Concord Grape Week, we stop eating and start drinking. Shrubs are an old beverage idea making a big, big comeback. A shrub is fruit preserved with a combination of sugar and vinegar. Mixed with water, sparkling water or combined with spirits, shrubs are a...
by Brian | Oct 13, 2015 | Recipes
It's Day 2 of Concord Grape Week. Time for spice and sweet and heat. And grape. I’ve waited seven months to make this Concord grape moustarda. I did a review of the source, the lovely cookbook Fruitful in March, and longed to try this recipe. But you need...
by Brian | Oct 13, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s very possible that only Samantha Seneviratne could have written this book. She grew up in Connecticut to parents from Sri Lanka, but she often traveled to that native land to cook and even pick spices with her grandmother. A foodie by birth and by training...
by Brian | Oct 12, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
We are weeks into fall and it’s that nostalgic time of year. Green is disappearing from our trees, replaced by the reds and oranges that announce the growing season is over. Farm stands offer up the final bounty of summer and that late fall corn. Fresh food...
