by Brian | Jun 20, 2018 | Recipes
This is a trio of ingredients I would not have expected to see in combination. But, here they are, tossed with a simple vinaigrette, ready for appreciative consumption. Fennel is an acquired taste. I understand that. But, once acquired, it will be your constant...
by Brian | Jun 20, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s summer and time for crab. Crab every part of the day. Every part of the meal. Except for dessert. There are no dessert recipes Crab. No crab brownies. But there are, to be sure, crab cakes. This crab Wikipedia has fifty recipes and coincidentally begins with...
by Brian | Jun 19, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Sometimes when traveling you can be faced with a challenge. You are thirsty in Naples. Where do you go for a killer cocktail? It’s a quiet Sunday in Edinburgh — aren’t they all. But you are hungry and you need a place for brunch. Where? You are strolling in Amsterdam...
by Brian | Jun 19, 2018 | Recipes
Only in Luxemburg do people eat more meat that we do in the United States. The per capita consumption here is 271 pounds a person. It’s a lot. And, of that 271 pounds, just 1 pound in lamb. Just 1. Fifty years ago it was a mighty 4.5 pounds. Americans eat lamb at...
by Brian | Jun 18, 2018 | News
I did not post over this past weekend. It was Father’s Day and I was taking a break. From everything. Well, almost everything. Not the ferns. Suzi and I have a weekend house in the Catskill mountains. We have a lot that is flat but tilts west towards a gully...
