by Brian | Oct 4, 2018 | Recipes, TBT
Oh, it may be October but in our hearts we cling to summer. This recipe will help you with that effort. I was not a fennel fan until we had this dish. Now, I’m happy to see fennel employed near and far. At Cooking by the Book, Suzen has surrendered. There...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Question: what do you get when a food stylist writes a cookbook? Answer: a book with lots of pictures. Question: what do you get when a marvelously talented food stylist, who is also a wonderful cook[ trained by two generations of aunts and mothers and grandmothers],...
by Brian | Oct 3, 2018 | Recipes
You may want to make every single recipe in the new John Whaite cookbook: Comfort, Food to Soothe the Soul. Suzi and I do. I’ve been collecting the ideas we will test first and this one pops to the top. Roasting meat with veggies is a technique that does, truly,...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Acadiana Table. Hmmmm, Acadiana. How do you know this is a Cajun and Creole cookbook? It’s all there in the first chapter: First You Make a Roux. There are two pages of detail on making a roux “as deep and dark as blackstrap molasses.” That roux is put to work...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2018 | Recipes
A couple of weeks ago, I got my review copy of Comfort: Food to Soothe the Soul, the grand new John Whaite cookbook. My review is here and I will repeat myself: this book is essential. It’s filled with wonderful ideas, new creative ideas that boggle your mind. This...
