by Brian | Jun 24, 2018 | Recipes
I suppose many of us could say we were deprived as children. Thing is, I was. I really was. My mother was deathly allergic to garlic. One taste of garlic and the results were not pretty, but they were immediate, chunky and urgent. So, in grade school, every other week...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s pretty easy to review this book. Buy it. Cook from it. Enjoy it with all the relish that authors Johan Miller and Nate Adler have applied to this superior book. When I interviewed Jonah today, he explained the odyssey that brought him to this book and his...
by Brian | Jun 22, 2018 | Recipes
Alright, alright. I hear some of you mumbling: yet another gazpacho recipe. Yes. And I will warn you that there will be more. I’m sorry, but I love, love gazpacho and I’m always in search of great recipes. When I got divorced, I bought a blender because while I was...
by Brian | Jun 21, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
In an earlier Throwback Thursday Cookbook Review, I featured one of the works by an American icon: Maida Heatter’s Book of Great American Desserts, TBT Cookbook Review: Maida Heatter’s Great Book of American Desserts This is a wonderful and important...
by Brian | Jun 21, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
I did this TBT review three years ago and I’m repeating it for new readers because of the wonderful quality of this cookbook. You’ll see that in the Watermelon Soup recipe below. And, in the next week or so — it time for the 4th of July — ...