by Brian | Apr 26, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Last week, the TBT Cookbook Review was Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Cookies. This week, it’s Maida Heatter’s Cookies. Are these not great ones, too? Ah, the confusion of amalgamation! Maida had written three previous cookbooks, including that Great Cookies. This 1997...
by Brian | Apr 25, 2018 | Recipes
Today’s cookbook review is for Spritz, a survey of the world of beverages and bites shared across Northern Italy in the golden hours of each day — the aperitivo hours. Authors Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau toured Italian cities to get specific drink and nibble...
by Brian | Apr 25, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Yesterday I posted a recipe for a Classic Aperol Spritz. When did the Spritz become the Aperol Spritz? It’s much less recent than you might think: just the 1990s. The spritz story is delightfully presented in Spritz by Talia Baiocchi and Leslie Pariseau, residents of...
by Brian | Apr 24, 2018 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Just a week ago today, Suzen and I were in Milan. We were sitting in the lovely Marchesi patisserie as the day grew dark. We had been walking for hours and we were tired. “We are lost,” Suzen said. “No, we are not,” I gave the only answer I could. There are two things...
by Brian | Apr 23, 2018 | News
Suzi and I just returned from ten warm days in Italy. Sicily to be precise, one of the regions we had never visited before. Our journey included food, of course, but also city byways like that staircase and some of the amazing ruins that dot the island. Sicily is...
