by Brian | Mar 12, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This is a sad day. Michel Roux died yesterday. A Frenchman who created a restaurant empire in Great Britain with his brother, Michel was a three-star chef who deserved all the acclaim he received. His many books, like this one, are exemplars of cookbook...
by Brian | Mar 5, 2020 | Recipes, Techniques
Here’s an idea from March 2015, and it shows why if you want breakfast, you’d be better off in Italy than anywhere else. This dish is deep and decadent. You might consider challah or brioche for the bread component here. Why skimp when you already have all...
by Brian | Mar 5, 2020 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
In 2015 I first posted this review of Jacque Burdicks’s lovely French Cooking en Famille. Published in 1989, it brought rave reviews, like this one from M.F.K. Fisher: “French Cooking En Famille is written with so much skill and knowledge that it si...
by Brian | Mar 4, 2020 | Recipes
I just published a review of Searing Inspiration, a most lovely cookbook. The book has a specific concept: cook a main course then keep the pan, add components, and fashion a sauce to transform it all to a feast. A feast for your eyes as well as your mouth. Searing...
by Brian | Mar 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Utterly delicious. Searing Inspiration was published in 2018 and I got an early copy. And then stuff happened and I lost track of the book. I uncovered it this weekend and truly regret the delay in telling you about this most important book. The subtitle here tells...
