by Brian | Mar 17, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Sometimes a cookbook, even one 334 pages long, is very easy to describe. Onions Etcetera is magnificent, as perfect as a cookbook can be. The first cookbook by the husband and wife team of Kate Winslow and Guy Ambrosino, surely there will be many more. Kate is...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
When she died at age 90 in 2012, Marion Cunningham left a culinary legacy that might be matched but that could never be surpassed. A California native, she became an expert in that specific cuisine and support both California chefs and culinary movements for...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
I first posted this a couple of years ago. For Valentine's Day, Suzi offered a meal with duck breast. Such a substantial main dish demands a great side dish. I know we think of baked potatoes as simple. But if you twice bake them, and add caviar, then the duck on...
by Brian | Mar 15, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
In Toast Hash Roast Mash: Real Foods for Every Time of the Day, British Chef and Author Dan Doherty offers some “everyday” ideas that are hardly everyday food. It’s a book filled with recipes that combine a just a few things for rambunctious...
by Brian | Mar 15, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Mary Giuliani is a very successful New York City caterer and event planner. She has a direct philosophy: have fun, minimize the stress, and make the party enticing. This is a book that could be called Parties 101. It’s targeted to those of us, of any age,...
