by Brian | Sep 26, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Austin in rightly famous for Tex-Mex food, surely the best in the United States. The streets team with restaurants and food trucks that offer supreme cuisine. And, of course, there are the home kitchens fashioning both the classics and evolving even newer Tex-Mex...
by Brian | Sep 26, 2017 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Sweet and Tart is a lovely “single subject” cookbook. It features 70 recipes featuring citrus. The royalty of citrus is the Meyer lemon, small in size and intense in flavor. The Meyer lemon trees are native to China but were imported to the US in 1908. They were grown...
by Brian | Sep 22, 2017 | Recipes
Garlic sauce is a complement to so many aspects of a meal. In place of gravy, it can intensify protein like chicken or steak. A baked potato with garlic sauce in place of butter? Yummy. Of course, the typical garlic sauce is thick and, perhaps, a tad heavy. The...
by Brian | Sep 22, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
In her first book Nourish Amber Rose gave us a preview, a trailer, of her talent for complete food satisfaction: taste, flavor, texture and sumptuous visual beauty. In her new The Wholefood Pantry, she embarks full force on suggesting how you can change your culinary...
by Brian | Sep 21, 2017 | Cocktails, TBT
This has been a strange summer. “These are rotten,” Suzen announced to me. I had brought home peaches from the farmers market and they were soft to be sure. But, not close to rotten and very, very sweet. Perfect for this beverage. Or the smoothie of your...
