by Brian | Jun 13, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
Summer heat means the berries are ripe, rich and sweet. So, for this week’s TBT recipe here’s a Blueberry Crumb Cake that you can use 7X24. It’s great for breakfast, of course. Cake always is. Brunch? This can be the star. And at night, after...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Suzi and I will always remember our first morning in Paris with total recall. Well, the afternoon with recall. We had taken a Red Eye from New York and got to Paris around noon. We were dead tired but far too excited to get a nap — which most travel experts...
by Brian | Jun 12, 2019 | Recipes
In her lovely In the French Kitchen with Kids, Mardi Michels displays her love of French food and the elegant, elevated cuisine she ate when living in Paris. Of course, she admits, she had only a small kitchen there and often had to resort to store-bought food....
by Brian | Jun 11, 2019 | Recipes
If you say “French Onion Soup” who can resist? Not me. Not any time of year. From famed French chef Michel Roux comes this Norman version of the classic. There are the familiar chicken stock and cheese and baguette, but the surprise here is apple cider. If you...
by Brian | Jun 11, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Andalusia is the southern-most tip of Spain. It is a region of mountains, hills, rivers and fields bounded by a seacoast that is abundant with fish, shellfish, octopus and other delights. This region was under Moorish rule from the 8th to the 15th century, a...
