by Brian | Jul 16, 2016 | Recipes
In Cooking, Blokes & Artichokes: A Modern Man’s Kitchen Handbook chef, and now author, Brendan Collings provides guidance to all men. Including the kitchen-challenged. This lovely recipe is typical of the ones lacing the pages of the book. Colorful,...
by Brian | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Looking for a perfect dessert for a Saturday night dinner? Look to Europe. I don’t know why I have to travel to Europe to enjoy giant meringues. But it seems you do. Paris streets are dense in shops featuring lovely meringues the size of softballs. Or you...
by Brian | Jul 14, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This may be the oldest TBT cookbook I’ve ever done. First published in 1891, The Art remains in print and is widely used. In Italy, there have been over 111 editions and in almost every home kitchen you can find a copy of one edition or another. Author...
by Brian | Jul 14, 2016 | Recipes
For refuge from the summer heat, here's a recipe I first posted in 2014. A summer delight. In your first taste you will know that this soup is something special, something deliciously special. This soup has a dreamy quality: some body, yet still thin, the...
by Brian | Jul 13, 2016 | Recipes
Weekends often see us scrambling for appetizers for a social gathering. You need something now. Something quick. Something good. And here it is. It is even something simple, too, but the flavor is quite powerful. When you combine all the cheese here with...