by Brian | Feb 29, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The name Alain Ducasse stirs images of the best food on the planet. Having sampled his fare, I can tell you this: it is the best food on the planet. With his experience and magnificent skills, you know you can enjoy both his food and trust his recommendations. So now...
by Brian | Feb 29, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Babka is a yeasted bread that is loved by multiple cultures: Jewish, Eastern European and Russian. So, I was surprised when I asked Suzi, a lovely Jewish woman with root back to Bialystock, if she had ever made babka. "No," she said. "It's the cover...
by Brian | Feb 25, 2016 | Recipes, TBT
Today's Throwback Thursday Recipe is one you have to make. A year ago, it was twenty degees colder here in NYC but I suspect that chill will return. When it does, this is a recipe that will simply delight you. Cold Weather Cooking by Sarah Leah Chase has just been...
by Brian | Feb 25, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
“DON’T,” my wife said with a more than a little force in her voice. I halted, the object just an inch from my open, salivating mouth. What sin was I, a Type 2 Diabetic, about to commit: a brownie, some ice cream, half a Snickers Bar? It was a...
by Brian | Feb 22, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I like rhymes and puns. And I like cocktails. So here is a book that combines all three. The book has two parts: classics and moderns. That is classic rock and roll versus modern things I admit I never heard of. And classic cocktails versus new mixology combinations...
