by Brian | Feb 11, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
In the late 1990s in New York City, a shop called the Daily Soup opened. And it was a smash. It expanded across the city and was booming and then the Dot Com boom ended the soup bubble. Daily Soup outlets closed, the firm was bought, the founders were down and out....
by Brian | Feb 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Suzi and I hope you enjoy this Sunday with its very special game. We hope Peyton can end his career with a win. I did not post anything yesterday. I'll be back at it Monday. Actually, Suzi and I are in a bit of recovering mode. You may have heard about the...
by Brian | Feb 5, 2016 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
The Super Bowl deserves a Super Beverage. This is it. Whiskey, rum, and fruit juice galore. I recently posted review of Whiskey Cocktails by Warren Bobrow. This collection of cocktails gems can only be described as imaginative. It’s a book about both cocktails...
by Brian | Feb 4, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
If you have cookbook collection from the last 20 years, there’s a good chance that you have one of the many tomes by Joyce Goldstein. She is, in a word, prolific. This work, Enoteca: Simple Delicious Recipes in the Italian Wine Bar Tradition, was published in...
by Brian | Feb 3, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It would be an exaggeration, I suppose, to say this book will change your life. It is no exaggeration to say this book will make your life sooooooo much better, each and every day. Fika is a Swedish word that first appeared in the early 1900s. It’s a riff on...
