by Brian | Apr 8, 2016 | Recipes
The recipe comes from Big Flavors from a Small Kitchen. Author Chris Honor was born in Australia and now has a small restaurant in North London. In Big Flavors, there are no recipe titles per se. He just lists four or five ingredients at the top of each page. Here the...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Ah, April. Asparagus approaches. Here's a recipe from a couple of years ago that is timely and, of course, tasty. If I say “asparagus” you probably think of those green stalks with the reticulated tips. But green, definitely, green. In Europe,...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Suzen’s business, Cooking by the Book, represents challenges for her. Corporations come into her kitchen and a team of 20 or more people cook a complete meal in about one hour then go into our dining area to enjoy the fruits of their kitchen efforts. So,...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2016 | Recipes
When acclaimed author Diana Henry wrote A Bird in the Hand she meant chicken, the whole chicken, and nothing but chicken. It’s a single topic book: chicken. It’s the best chicken book I have ever seen. This was the first recipe Suzi and I prepared: Bourdon...
by Brian | Apr 5, 2016 | Recipes
Cliché is, of course, a French word. And you may think that it is centuries old, but it is not. The word only appeared in the mid-19th century and did not accelerate in use until around World War II. So cliché is relatively young. On the other hand Duck...
