by Brian | Nov 7, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Elizabeth David [1913-1992] was a remarkable woman. She was born into an upper class family and rebelled. In her late teens and twenties, she left England for Paris, studied art, fell in love with a married man, and sailed the Mediterranean with him in a small...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2019 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Let’s see: biscuits or muffins? I can never decide one way or another. I did make biscuits last week, so this time it is muffins. But not just any muffin. No, this morning I wanted something with spice, so naturally I was googling “cinnamon...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Yes, when I was a kid, I liked cartoons and comic books. And I promised myself that however old I got, I would always buy the latest issue of Disney’s Donald Duck. Life happened. Disney got bigger. I got bigger too. My interest in cartoons and comic books...
by Brian | Nov 5, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Really Simple
With each night, we check the thermometer. When will it finally freeze upstate? Cause on that night our mint patch will be history. The same for all our herbs. We have five or six months of freshness and then it’s a long winter. We can get...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2019 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
Sometimes you can make a cocktail that is quite, quite complex in flavor. Like my Clementine and Basil Bash. It’s a riff on a drink called the Come on In from Prosecco Made Me Do It by Amy Zavatto. I reviewed Amy’s lovely book last week. Amy’s drink features a...
