by Brian | Mar 31, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, TBT
For this week's TBT recipes, we go liquid. I am a big fan of making syrups and then incorporating them in sensational cocktials, cocktails that do rival the best any mixologist can muster. The lemon-honey syrup is the perfect match for bourbon, yielding a beverage...
by Brian | Mar 31, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I recently reviewed A Jewish Baker’s Pastry Secrets by George Greenstein. George had passed away but his family gathered up long lost notes and assembled this book for publication in 2015. In 2007, while still working, George published a first book, Secrets of a...
by Brian | Mar 30, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
In his tribute to whisky, titled Whisky: The Manual, Dave Broom surveys the best in spirits and offers some delightful cocktail recipes to put that whiskey to use. There are classic cocktails in Whisky and new ideas, like this one, too. The best thing about cocktail...
by Brian | Mar 30, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
On the back of this book is a single quote: “Everything Diana Henry cooks I want to eat.” That’s from Yotam Ottolenghi, a man exceptionally recognized for his cooking, his recipes, and his writing. Diana Henry is equally talented and surely as...
by Brian | Mar 29, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
A couple of years ago, Better Homes and Gardens published the 16th edition of the New Cook Book. It’s just come out on March 1 in a smaller, spiral bound version and it is again worthwhile considering how the 16th edition varies from the past. There are over...
