by Brian | Feb 26, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Armaro is a bitter book. It needs to be. Amaro, or the plural amari, is a class of liqueurs first developed in Italy. They are aromatic, herbal, bittersweet [and that’s an understatement] beverages originally designed to be a digestive after a meal. I...
by Brian | Feb 25, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Mark Bitterman is the nation’s leading flavor expert. His store, The Meadow, in Portland and New York City was among the first to feature salts and then chocolates. And now bitters and amari. By the hundreds. Once upon a time, if you wanted to buy “bitters”...
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by Brian | Feb 25, 2019 | Recipes
The wind today is up to 50 miles per hour. Chill factor is bad. Am I going out for my morning croissant? No. It’s a waffle day. Suzi finally relented and I got a Belgian waffle maker. The deal is this: we go out for brunch on weekends and on Monday I make...
by Brian | Feb 22, 2019 | Recipes
Suzi and I love the Potsticker Chronicles by Stuart Chang Berman. He’s fun and flavorful. He entices you to this recipe. You see unadorned shrimp up at the top of this post. Now, use your imagination. Remember sitting in a Chinese restaurant eating sweet and...
by Brian | Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
I don’t like vegetables. I don’t like green beans. Except, if I can go to a Chinese restaurant have them dripping with sauce, hot sauce, then I am happy. This Sichuan Green Beans recipe is easy, authentic and surely warm to the mouth and heart. Especially the...
