by Brian | Dec 18, 2015 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
As 2015 ends there is an opportunity to look back to a wonderful book from 2014. Better Homes and Gardens published the Ultimate Cookie Book, a volume you can spend years wandering through. Well, wandering, baking, and tasting. This cookie is described as the perfect...
by Brian | Dec 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
Suzi and I had the pleasure of having Jacques Burdick as a friend. We enjoyed many meals together and loved receiving the small gifts of French food he would bring with him. To this day we mourn never having gotten his tomato jam recipe. Just eye-opening amazing....
by Brian | Dec 17, 2015 | Holidays, Recipes
Over the next two weeks, we have some holidays and the opportunity to create feasts with new flavors. This most elegant recipe is from Andrew Wong and his book A. Wong The Cookbook. Xinjiang is a province in the far northwest of China, huge in area with 1.6 million...
by Brian | Dec 16, 2015 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Did you ever meet a superior mixologist who did not have a great sense of humor, too? Tim Federle is a funny man who knows how to concoct a beverage that will capture your attention. Tim is fond of puns, which can be a dangerous thing for some him. No danger for him,...
by Brian | Dec 16, 2015 | Recipes
How much of your childhood to you remember?It can be frightening to search for memories and sense how much seems to be lost and yet there are points of reassurance when some memories seem to be permanently, and perhaps prominently, positioned in your brain. My...
