by Brian | Jan 22, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Ordinarily, I think of cornmeal for two reasons: lining a pan before baking and actually baking cornbread — either loaf or muffins. Here cornmeal is the essential ingredient in a lovely dessert. You don’t want to frost this cake. You want to garnish it with fruit and...
by Brian | Jan 21, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Vanessa’s story is classic, romantic and important. As a British kid, she vacationed in France and loved the bread, actually working in a French bakery at age 11. Back and forth across the channel, she baked on both sides, learned the intricacies of French...
by Brian | Jan 21, 2019 | Recipes
Sometimes a picture tells you all you need to know. Deep, rich, and flavor packed, this dish is the epitome of comfort food. Roasted pumpkin can walk the line, seeming both savory and sweet. In this recipe, chili, garlic and fish sauce makes this recipe quite...
by Brian | Jan 19, 2019 | Recipes
Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, you ate a lot of grilled cheese sandwiches. They were all the same: two slices of Wonder Bread and one or two slices of Kraft cheese, depending on how rich your parents were. The only differentiation was whether your sandwich...
by Brian | Jan 18, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I was browsing in a bookstore, a real bookstore and not online. And I found this book 500 Casseroles by Rebecca Baugniet. The publishers, Sellers Publishing, has an entire series of books in the 500 series. I’ve ordered a few and I’ll review them here. But,...
