by Brian | May 7, 2017 | Recipes
Last August I did a cookbook review for The Four Seasons of Pasta, a collection of recipes offering pasta on an elevated level. When it comes to winter, authors Nancy Harmon and Sara Jenkins remark: “Of all the seasons, winter is the hardest to love.” Here is...
by Brian | May 6, 2017 | Recipes, Uncategorized
Ikaria is the tribute by Diane Kochilas to the native island of her family. Sunny, dry, even dessert-like, Ikaria is a land that requires hard work and careful management of daily resources. The recipes here could stand as the core for a Mediterranean diet: “simple”...
by Brian | May 5, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
As the week ends, I’m still offering you cookbook reviews from the series A Savor the South Cookbook. A very talented team at the University of North Carolina Press has created an impressive list of single-topic books, each filled with flavor and charm. This review is...
by Brian | May 5, 2017 | Recipes
Easter is the first great culinary weekend of the year. And it brings up that basic question: ham or lamb. This year it was lamb and it will be lamb next year, too. And, during the rest of the year, when we want a spectacular feast, lamb will be on our list. The...
by Brian | May 4, 2017 | Recipes, TBT
The days with cold temperatures are fewer new and we actually have warm ones in the Catskills. Enough warmth so that our chives can be snipped and enjoyed. Better for Suzi to snip with scissors than the deer with their teeth. Deer are swarming this year and bold...
