by Brian | Apr 21, 2018 | Recipes
We just enjoyed nine days in Italy, eight in Sicily and one in Milan [we broke up the trip home over two days and walked Milan for 20 hours!]. This was our first trip to Sicily and this dish was ubiquitous. You have water, you have bread, you have caponata. It’s a...
by Brian | Apr 21, 2018 | Recipes
Here’s another gem from the powerful The Indian Cooking Course by Monisha Bharadwaj. If you are interested in learning the deepest spicy details of Indian cooking, then I cannot recommend a better avenue to learn. This combination of veggies, curry, and hard-boiled...
by Brian | Apr 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Oh, I don’t eat these for the puff pastry. It’s the pastry cream. Just that pastry cream. I’m updating this post from one four years ago by adding two more recipes and showing you how diverse the recipes for pastry cream can be. If you were a mathematician, a...
by Brian | Apr 19, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
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. I’ve posted this review in the...
by Brian | Apr 19, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
If you need a quick, big and quite delightful dessert, then this is your solution. This substantial gingerbread comes from the Yogurt Cookbook from Stonyfield Farm so it features yogurt, plain yogurt. There is a little tang in the resulting cake, but your tongue may...
