by Brian | Feb 16, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Sunday was Valentine’s Day and the 30th anniversary of getting engaged to Suzi. “Will you marry me,” I had asked back then. “Yes,” she had said as fast as possible. On Sunday, I asked, “Will you take a sip?” And she said,...
by Brian | Feb 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
I'm sorry. Someone just told me my recipe for this cake was wrong. And was it ever. I had the wrong amounts of sugar and buttermilk. I don't know what I was drinking at the time, but I made a mess of the reciipe in writing it down. I did make this...
by Brian | Feb 12, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
For over two decades, George Greenstein operated a bakery on Long Island that was loved. No, it was adorned. George’s repertoire was not just Jewish classics reflecting his Eastern European heritage. His shop offered breads from around the world: focaccia, Irish...
by Brian | Feb 12, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Warm Bread and Honey Cake is lovely book with two components: interesting recipes from around the world — ones I’m sure you won’t have seen before — and very detailed background histories on each treat in the book. Take gingerbread. This cake...
by Brian | Feb 11, 2016 | Recipes
When we think of comfort food, it is often hot: mashed potatoes, meat loaf steaming from the oven, chocolate chip cookes, .. But there are other dishes, like the perfect marriage of crab and avocado, that just cannot be surpassed. Although, with my salsa here,...
