by Brian | Aug 27, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The publisher Michell Beazley has fashioned a wonderful portfolio of drinks books. The Whiskey Dictionary follows The Gin Directory and The Tequila Directory. You will find whiskey books dedicated to the best in whiskey brands, something to take with you as you...
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by Brian | Aug 27, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
We were invited to a birthday party and were asked to bring a cake. I knew just the recipe I wanted and I looked for it on this blog. Strange. Not there. I know I blogged it. I went to my directory of recipes I have scanned in from books. No recipe. In fact, no...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I just posted this week’s TBT recipe: Peach Sangria. It came from this lovely book, part of the Savor the South Series for the University of North Carolina. When I posted three years ago, we were just completing our new kitchen at Cooking by the Book: Our...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipes is primed for peach season. The peaches are here and they are ripe. They are quite sweet and, thankfully, they have some legs: they do not ripen and then rot in the blink of your eye. But do, after you have purchased your peaches, get...
by Brian | Aug 16, 2019 | Recipes
For many of us, rice is a dish we rarely eat — unless we are at a Chinese restaurant. And it often considered a “heavy” dish, one not ideal for warm summer nights. Yet, just the opposite is true. We could all enjoy rice more and summer offers great...
