by Brian | Jun 17, 2016 | Recipes
I may be changing my forthcoming cookbook. I was planning to do one on B&B. That would be Bar and Brownies or cocktails meant for chocolate. But, I’m torn now. I’m headed towards that gazpacho book I’ve toyed with. There was little spring this...
by Brian | Jun 16, 2016 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
When I blogged a general overview of Pitt Cue Co: The Cookbook, I did mention this cocktail. It’s accompanied by a full page picture with two hands holding a very big glass. I took that to be a warning: this drink is full flavored, full bodied and perhaps...
by Brian | Jun 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Salt is the “in thing” now. Salt blocks at Whole Foods. Salt stores. Salt books. It’s a new path in our culinary lives. Or, maybe not so new. In 1999 Michele Anna Jordan wrote this tight little book Salt and Pepper, 135 Perfectly Seasoned Recipes....
by Brian | Jun 15, 2016 | Recipes
If you are reading this blog on our website, Cookingbythebook.com, then you’ve discovered the site for my wife’s cooking school. Several times a week, 20 to 50 people come to our Tribeca loft and cook a meal together in our kitchen. The large group is...
by Brian | Jun 14, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The subtitle of this book tells you this book is Recipes for The Wide World of Vegetables and Fruits. That’s putting it politely. Now, on the inside of the front cover is a quote: “What the hell do I do with kohlrabi?” And that is what this...
