by Brian | Feb 25, 2020 | Recipes
Roasted or raw? What do you with your tomatillos. Raw tomatillos in a salsa make for a sharp tang. When roasted, the tomatillo flavor is deeper with more “spread” across your mouth instead of that immediate sharp tang. And, making salsa with raw tomatillos is faster....
by Brian | Feb 24, 2020 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
It was a dark and stormy night on a rocky road when … When you make brownies, what do you do? Just bake, pull them from the oven and devour? I know, the aroma of fresh brownies is very hard to resist. But, resistance is not futile. And, and, there...
by Brian | Feb 20, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This week’;s TBT cookbook is from 2014 and is one I often turn to. When I first got this book, I wnet through, recipe by recipe, and scanned in the ones I “had” to try. Fifty-three of them. I think that’s strong evidence that...
by Brian | Feb 19, 2020 | Dedicated Drinker's Diary, Recipes
In the lovely new Tex-Mex cookbook Ama, you will find exciting recipes for food and for beverages. That picture shows hibiscus syrup made with dried hibiscus flowers. What to do with that syrup? Smell it for one thing. Smell it. Then, add it to club soda. Or...
by Brian | Feb 18, 2020 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Suzi had a question, “Do you have a recipe for dark cocoa?” I lied, “Sure.” Then I dashed off to search. Suzi continued our project of clearing out our freezer. We had collection of flour and cocoas that we had bought a couple of years ago. You buy stuff, you intend...
