by Brian | Jul 5, 2016 | Recipes
How do you feel about manipulation? I know, it’s not a word with positive connotation. Who wants to be manipulated? Well, I do like a good massage, but manipulation — via advertising say — is not a good thing. Still, we all do it. I do it. I...
by Brian | Jul 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
It’s the 4th of July, the weather is good for most of us, and what could top a perfect burger. This recipe from Grill Nation by David Guas is quite a turn on your traditional burger. For three pounds of meat, you are adding in one pound...
by Brian | Jul 2, 2016 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
For the upcoming 4th of July weekend, at some point you may require a spectacular dessert. Spectacular. It’s this one. This Strawberry and White Chocolate Buttermilk Cake is from the extraordinary pastry chef Sherry Yard. When she wrote her monumental tome...
by Brian | Jul 1, 2016 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s Friday but I’m still doing a Throwback Thursday Cookbook Review. If you follow this blog, it’s been a bad week for cookbook reviews. I’m sorry, but I’ve been distracted. Let me tell you something: you break 39 and the path begins to...
by Brian | Jul 1, 2016 | Recipes
The last two Fridays I have posted gazpacho recipes and neither was conventional: Watermelon, Cucumber and Tomato and Cucumber and Tomatillo. I admit being a gazpacho addict. It’s a long story involving a divorce and a blender purchase. But that really is...
