by Brian | Mar 8, 2019 | Recipes
Earlier this week I posted a review Basque Country, a most impressive account of the cuisine of a unique culture. Located in the far northeast in Spain and southwest corner of France, Basque country has mountains, meadows and seacoasts that furnish their...
by Brian | Mar 8, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Gargantuan. And great. Let’s Eat France! is a monumental assembly of recipes, facts, and figures. It is big: 5 ½ pounds, over 400 pages that measure an over-sized 10 X 13 ½ inches. That extra surface area is not devoted to “white space.” No every square inch of space...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes, TBT
Earlier today I posted a review of Emilia Romagna, one of the books in the Time Life series Flavors of Italy. This dessert caught my eye. A thin pie or tort with a filling of coffee, cocoa and almonds. I would top my piece with whipped cream, or ice cream, but...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Last week’s TBT Cookbook Review was for a book, Piedmont, in the Time Life series Flavors of Italy. Suzi and I now have all four of the books in the series [two came this week], so I can post #2 of the four: Emilia Romagna. The provinces of this region...
by Brian | Mar 6, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Marti Buckley has made one of the most lovely life transitions possible. She is from Alabama, no dispersions there, but now has lived for eight years in the Spanish culinary capital of San Sebastián. That city of food is located in Basque country, a land...
