by Brian | May 12, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The analogy here is just too clear to miss. Moses came down from the mountain with the Ten Commandments. Alain Duccase, in Simple Nature, begins with Ten Principles. Here’s the First: “Try to get close to nature and respect its season.” In explaining that...
by Brian | May 12, 2017 | Recipes
I recently reviewed The South’s Best Butts, a different barbecue book. Author Matt Moore has a middle section where he explores a dozen barbecue spots across the Southeast. He covers the owners, presents their most special recipes, and can provide quite an urge to...
by Brian | May 11, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
When Suzi and I moved to Tribeca thirty years ago, it was pretty quiet at night. The only place to eat was The Odeon a block away and we soon fell in love with the bistro chicken and the Southern-style desserts. Those desserts, we learned later, were the product of...
by Brian | May 11, 2017 | Recipes
It is finally spring with temperatures in the 70’s and Easter upon us. It is now prime time for asparagus and you can get early spring peas from deep down South [or somewhere!] Vegetables often come to us with an edgy, sharp taste. Certainly that...
by Brian | May 10, 2017 | Recipes
I’m in a restaurant and I see Kale Caesar Salad. Down the street, a sign on the sidewalk in front of a smoothie establishment lists all their kale beverages. All ten of them. I have the sense of a kale invasion. I went to google, searched and found this:...
