by Brian | Jan 11, 2019 | Cocktails, Dedicated Drinker's Diary
Last year I reviewed the Cocktail Cookbook by Oskar Kinberg, a brilliant book of cocktail sophistication. Oskar says this one beverage is his favorite in the entire book: a marriage of rum, milk, sugar, banana and, yes, a fig leaf. That fig leave provides a...
![TBT Recipe: Mussel and Chive Omelet from Michel Roux Eggs [2005 adn 2018]](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/wc-Mussel-and-Chive-Omelette-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Jan 10, 2019 | Recipes
I just reviewed the new 2018 edition of Eggs by Michel Roux, which happens to be nearly the same as the 2005 edition. When I was growing up, the idea of an “omelet” was, well, foreign in my house. My mother and father would roll their eyes at the word. My...
![Cookbook Review [and TBT too!]: Michel Roux Eggs](https://cookingbythebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/better-wc-Book-Cover-2018-1080x675.jpg)
by Brian | Jan 10, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
I was getting ready to do today’s TBT cookbook, writing about Michel Roux’s wonderful Eggs book. I had just reviewed the grand new Cheese book yesterday. And then my mail came and here was the NEW edition of Eggs. Eggs was first published in 2005 and now...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2019 | Recipes
I have just posted a review of Michel Roux Cheese, a tour of the cheese world in 100 recipes from a master chef. This is the recipe Suzi and I will start with as we explore this book. It’s the perfect weekend snack food: filo, veggies, and goat’s cheese. You...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It is so simple to describe this book: essential. Perhaps you know Michel Roux from his earlier works: Pastry, Eggs, and Desserts. Suzi and I have those three books on the bookshelf closest to our kitchen island. We want to be able to “grab and go.” This latest...
