by Brian | Dec 7, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
What if you could only have one cookie cookbook? Then I think you might well consider this book form 1977. Author Maida Heatter is now 101 years old, an American treasure. Her dessert books are still sold, still used, still loved. This book surely reflects its forty...
by Brian | Dec 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Instead of a recipe today, I’m posting this picture. We bought a small smoke plant a couple of years ago, putting it in soil that had been extensively accelerated with potting soil and fertilizer. We’d been trying to grow garlic, had no success, and gave...
![Jezabel Sauce [Sweet Heat]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wc-IMG_2768-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Dec 5, 2017 | Recipes
I saw a recipe recently for jezebel sauce and it struck me that this was the second time in the past year the idea had appeared. I checked the ingredients and, well, showed it to my wife Suzi. “Look, this has horseradish,” I said. That was unfair. If the recipe was...
by Brian | Dec 4, 2017 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
A “cordial” is simply a liqueur, a dessert-oriented liqueur and one that has been sweetened. A cranberry cordial can be sipped and enjoyed all on its own. Or, it can be employed as an element of a cocktail. I’ll will, on Saturday, be posting...
![Cookbook Review: [Secret] Sauces by Venessa Seder](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/wc-Book-Cover-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Dec 1, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You’ll want to pick this book up, turn the pages, ponder a recipe or two, and head for kitchen. It will become as essential as eggs and mustard. Which happen to be the key ingredients in her first sauce: The Mother Mayo. Sauces make our food better, adding flavor,...
