by Brian | Mar 14, 2019 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
I just gave a TBT review of a classic Italian dessert cookbook: La Dolce Vita by Michele Scicolone. You can still find copies and I suggest you do. The 170 recipes span every dessert you might imagine and Michele rewards us in authentic and delicious...
by Brian | Mar 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Published in 1993, this was one of Michele Scicolone’s first cookbooks. If you go to Amazon, the prices for copies now vary widely for this paperback: 8 used from $4.30, 4 new from various sites at $79.95 and Amazon’s own copy for a mere $150.79. I...
by Brian | Mar 12, 2019 | Recipes
Earlier today I posted a review Clodagh’s Suppers, the latest gem from Clodagh McKenna. This recipe, a fish pie made with haddock and salmon and shrimp, has a creamy base and a topping of crispy potato and cheese rösti. It’s a galloping parade of flavors...
by Brian | Mar 11, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Supper is very important. So is this book. For thirteen years Clodagh McKenna has graced us with five lovely cookbooks, brimming with personality and targeted towards celebrations through the year or your meals through the day. Clodagh is exquisitely...
by Brian | Mar 9, 2019 | Recipes
Earlier this week I posted a TBT review of Emilia Romagna, one of the four volumes in the Time Life series Flavors of Italy from 1999. Here spinach, parmesan, chicken livers, sausage, and veal are cooked then combined, and finally rolled up in homemade...
