by Brian | Feb 11, 2020 | Recipes
From the recent hit cookbook Oaxaca comes this “mom dish.” This is dish that you would have waiting for you on a Wednesday afternoon when you come home from school. Golly, I wish I were back in school in Oaxaca. Oaxaca is considered the culinary capital of Mexico. The...
by Brian | Feb 7, 2020 | Recipes
There’s eggs and there’s eggs. From the brilliant Tex-Mex cookbook Ama, here’s a version with veggies and heat. I’ve never, never considered putting green beans in my scrambled eggs. And chorizo, too? Plus, some onion and tomatoes. I guess you could expand this...
by Brian | Feb 6, 2020 | Recipes, TBT
This week’s TBT recipe is from 2012 and is a gift from Patricia Wells. Smoked trout, tarragon, and cucumber adorned with horseradish cream. This is a universal recipe. I...
by Brian | Feb 6, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Ah, the tail end of winter. Mardi Gras is gone. We have Valentine’s Day to look forward to and weeks of cold. Maybe even snow — so little snow this year in NYC I am thinking we might have climate change. It’s a time to sit back with...
by Brian | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
For the Super Bowl, we did have guacamole and chips but passed on the nachos. We had duck confit in our kitchen and Suzi wanted to go upscale: quesadillas filled with that duck, two kinds of cheese, caramelized onions, and a dash of hot pepper relish. This was...
