by Brian | Oct 20, 2023 | Recipes
What is your favorite cuisine? For Suzi and me it’s often the cuisine in that restaurant we are about to enter. We eat everything: American, Mexican, Tex-Mex, French, Italian and Asian. Oh, Asian? About that, that’s where we get confused: Japanese, or Chinese, or...
by Brian | Oct 19, 2023 | Recipes, TBT
I have started my pre-Thanksgiving march now, trying to give you a bevy of options for the coming holiday. Some people, and I’m not naming names, don’t like turkey. And some people have long, long Thanksgiving holidays extending through the weekend. By...
by Brian | Oct 18, 2023 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
There is this book, The Cookie Book by Holly Garison, published in 1996 that Suzi and I still use. Weekly. I think I posted a review once, long ago, and I try to find that for you. But, as I said, we still turn to this book for ideas. While she lives in Olive, NY...
by Brian | Oct 17, 2023 | Recipes
Stirring the Pot is a fascinating recipe collection from the New York branch of Les Dames d’Escoffier. Les Dames is a world-wide charitable organization with membership for distinguished women in the culinary word. Chefs, cookbook authors, teachers, wine makers,...
by Brian | Oct 15, 2023 | Cookbook Review, Thanksgiving
Cookbook Review: The Thanksgiving Cookbook This week I mentioned that as Thanksgiving approaches, we all need great sources for our great national feast. There are four great Thanksgiving cookbooks that endure: The Thanksgiving Table by Diane Morgan, 2001 The...
