by Brian | Jan 15, 2019 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Will we go upstate this weekend? Won’t we? It’s all weather dependent and there is a storm coming. I suspect that rather than drive into a Catskill snowstorm, Suzi and I will hunker down in New York City and find some comfort food. Ordinarily, I would opt for...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Sometimes a big thing can come in a small package. New York Cocktails is just 5 ½ by 7 ½ inches. It is thick though, 352 pages thick. And it is powerful. Author Amanda Schuster is a New Yorker who loves cocktails, loves them so much she lives them, breathes...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
It’s January 14th. How is that New Year’s Resolution to cut down, or eliminate, dessert. I understand. I have the same problem. You want dessert, but how can you have something healthy. And won’t you be tempted to adorn, say, a healthy cake with “unhealthy”...
by Brian | Jan 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
When I was growing up in Oregon, I ate pie. A tart? A tart? I wanted deep dish apple pie, not some thin slab that was disappointing from every aspect. The only tart I did like was this girl down the street, but that’s a different tale. I heard she became quite...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Gabriel Gaté is one of those people you wish you had known about for decades. Born in the Loire Valley, he has lived in Australia since 1977, appearing on television and writing cookbooks. Lots of cookbooks. Twenty-four of them with over a million copies sold....
