by Brian | Sep 12, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Janie Hibler is a Northwest author of distinction. You can find berry books here and there but nothing has ever matched this 2004 tome. You know this an exceptional book right there in the first chapter: The A-to-Z Berry Encyclopedia. Yes, we all know about...
by Brian | Sep 12, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes, TBT
Growing up in Oregon, we had lots of strawberries, and a few raspberries. But if you wanted blackberries, you had to own some land of your own and compete with the bears to pick them. Now blackberries are here for all of us to enjoy. There is nothing better...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This 43rd edition of the Pocket Guide is every bit as delicious as those many earlier versions. The intense wine-by-wine, country-by-country descriptions and summaries retain their intense insights. What is new here are some considerations of recent years and a...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2019 | Recipes
Mardi Michels wrote In the French Kitchen with Kids for kids. But, golly, we are all kids at heart. She got this recipe from a friend who has cooking school in Lyon. It is a French recipe through and through. Perfect fall apples are combined with perfect fall...
by Brian | Sep 9, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You will often find references to the renaissance of different liquors. We have books about rum, whiskey, and, yes, gin. Alcohol, in all its forms, remains vibrantly interesting to people around the world. This book, The World Atlas of Gin, is an...