by Brian | Oct 27, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I remember my first time. I was ten, yes, a young ten. It was 1955 and I was walking through the famed Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax in Los Angeles. It was my first return to California since we left in 1948. I smelled something, something wonderful. A whole sheet...
by Brian | Oct 26, 2018 | Recipes
I grew up in Oregon where pies and jams were everyday events. Suzi just returned from Seattle with jars of berry jams: loganberries, marionberries, … Wonders you cannot find back here in the East. I never put jam on my pie as a kid. No need for the pies were...
by Brian | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s TBT recipe was written by Suzi six years ago. She loves vegetables. I love dessert. We have compromised to save our marriage. We eat both. This is an excellent fall recipe and an introduction to a great cookbook: Fresh from the Market by Laurent...
by Brian | Oct 25, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
In 1999, Christopher B. O’Hara wrote a tidy, slim book The Bloody Mary that I love. I have a copy, somewhere, and I’m going to hunt for it this weekend. The very next year came Ribs: A Connoisseur’s Guide to Barbecuing and Grilling. It’s a carefully written book. And...
by Brian | Oct 24, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Katrin Björk is a food photographer of distinguished talent. This first cookbook from her displays that talent one page, one recipe, after another. Katrin grew up in Iceland, moved to Denmark where she married, and now lives in the Hudson Valley. I think the Hudson...
