by Brian | Mar 9, 2016 | Cookbook Review
This is the best cookbook I have seen in many months. It is about as close to being perfect as you can imagine: engaging topics, wonderful recipes, sharp writing, and photographs that are art. If you drink more than water and coffee, then this book is one you will use...
by Brian | Mar 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Did you make some New Year’s resolution that is proving hard to fulfill? Less meat in your life? From Do-Ahead Christmas by James Ramsden here is a nut roast. Yes, you read that correctly and it may quite satisfy your need for “substance.” Here loads...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Say “pie” to an American and visions of apples spring into their mind. Say “pie” to someone from Great Britain and the images are quite different: lamb, beef, venison, chicken, leeks, and potatoes. Savory pies are a mainstay of British cuisine....
by Brian | Mar 8, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For her customers at Cooking by the Book, Suzi knows that the dessert has to be the perfect cap for the evening’s meal. Teams come into her kitchen, cook together, and then dine on their creations. That final dish, dessert, has to fabulous. When you have 20 or...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2016 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Goodness, it is already March 7th. I kinda remember making some New Year's Resolutions. Kinda. Don’t you hate how by early March half of your good intentions have already been lost in the snow of your selective memory? Lost. Not remembed at all. I don't...