by Brian | Jul 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Let’s say that you are in Helsinki, maybe covering an international summit. You need a drink — definitely if you were doing a summit. Is there good bar on hand? Maybe the best bar in all of Scandinavia? You can go to A 21 Decades. There you can enjoy classic drinks...
by Brian | Jul 18, 2018 | Recipes
Oh, dear, it is only Wednesday but here we have TBT recipe meant for tomorrow. Well, you can get a head start on a most interesting summer soup! I first posted this in October, 2014, as fall was definitely upon. I suspect, good as it was then, this recipe would...
by Brian | Jul 17, 2018 | Recipes
Last week I reviewed an important new cookbook for Indian cuisine. Gunpowder, reviewed here, fully lives up to its name, with sensational recipes from the home kitchens and street vendors of Calcutta. I mentioned that I was reading the book and just got my wife, my...
by Brian | Jul 13, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Some of us come from large, extended families. Some of us from smaller ones. I never met either of my grandfathers. And my parents were never able to convey any sense of the character of those men. “Grandfather” is an empty word for me. If I had my druthers, if I...
by Brian | Jul 12, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
It is hot. Finally, truly hot. We now have local corn and parsley and celery. So, from 2012, put them all to use in potato salad with veggie diversity! I love potato salad. The eggs, the pickles, a little celery, the parsley on top, … And what if you took all of that...
