by Brian | Mar 20, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Earlier today I posted a review of Butter Baked Goods by Rosie Daykin. I don’t know how I overlooked this book published five years ago. But I discovered my copy and now I am baking and frosting away. Rosie’s Vancouver bakery is famous for decadent use of butter and...
by Brian | Mar 20, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Rosie Daykin decided a few years ago to open a “little neighborhood bakery” in Vancouver. It’s become a tad bit of an empire with acclaim around the world for her delights. Rosie has taken classic home recipes, polished them, refined them and now features them in her...
by Brian | Mar 17, 2018 | Recipes
For decades Anna Teresa Callen taught Italian cooking to thousands of appreciative students. Working out of The Village in New York City, Anna taught, wrote, ate and surely laughed. This recipe comes from her marvelous 1981 treatise The Wonderful World of Pizzas,...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2018 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
“Do you know what Type 2 means?” wife asked. I certainly do, but I don’t have to admit the truth. “Why not just make the wafers but leave out the butter cream?” Good marriages are made of compromise and that is just what I did. Wafers, yes. Butter cream, no. Tish...
by Brian | Mar 16, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
If you are a foodie and you travel in Europe, then the great food markets are a must. Paris seems to have one on every block. Italy, Turkey, … Each nation has shining examples. My favorite? It is in London: Borough Market. A must stop. And a protected place. An act of...