by Brian | Dec 30, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Do-Ahead Christmas by James Ramsden is filled with recipes that will make your holiday feast ideas – but without exhausting you. The recipes here can be started hours or days in advance, then easily finished just before meal time. Now, Christmas may be over, but...
by Brian | Dec 29, 2015 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I errored. I’m sorry. In early December I did a Throwback Thursday Cookbook review of The Good Cookie by Tish Boyle. I mentioned this book contains a couple of cookies that, in and by themselves, make this monumental cookie encyclopedia a “must-have”...
by Brian | Dec 28, 2015 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
From Christmas to New Years, we may be traveling or hosting and very likely feasting. Pomegranates are in season and we can always find strawberries. From Amber Rose in the lively new book Nourish, here is her Summery Pomegranate & Strawberry Cake. [Oh, you...
by Brian | Dec 27, 2015 | Recipes
I made this in the fall and found it to be the best, best savory dish I had made all year. That is still true and I think you'll find this a crowd pleasure during this holiday season. It's rich tasting, beautiful to behold, and surprisingly easy to make. It...
by Brian | Dec 26, 2015 | Recipes
Here's a suggestion, first posted earlier this year, for a complicated, time-consuming, and totally satisfying Mexican dish. During this long week between Christmas and New Years, you need a spectacular flavor break. This is it. In Santa Fe, a couple of decades...
