by Brian | Feb 22, 2016 | Recipes
I recently posted a review of Fika by Anna Brones and Johanna Kindvall. It’s a Swedish collection of little treats to be shared over coffee, from dawn to dusk and beyond. These toasted rye buns are ideal for jam anytime or you spread with butter and top with...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For this Throwback Thursday recipe, I dug two years back to a cold February in 2014 when Suzi and I tried this. You'll like it. Double down with an Irish coffee and suddenly, all the troubles drift away. There is more to molasses than gingersnaps and baked...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
For some reason, fish do not get respect. Not in American kitchens. Name a fish restaurant. No, something beyond Red Lobster. When we cook seafood, if we do at all, it is simple: a pan-fried trout, a broiled salmon, boiled shrimp. It is certainly is not that great...
by Brian | Feb 17, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
When the chill factor is 50 below, and you can’t make it to your favorite tropical island, then you can bring a bit of the islands to you. This lovely cake, which is gluten free, has an intense flavor of intertwined coconut and almond. Added in, of course, are a...
by Brian | Feb 16, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
How do you judge a book? Quickly judge? There’s the cover, of course. And this cover is quite beautiful, emblematic of the enticing photos inside. And you can judge a book fast by just looking at the very first recipe: Pork and Napa Cabbage Dumplings, shown in...
