by Brian | Nov 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
It’s November. Deep fall. Time for comfort food. From five years ago, here’s risotto at its best. Tales of Risotto is one of those little gems that you will enjoy for years. Written by Jean Govoni Salvadore and Luciano Parolari, Tales says it will lead you...
by Brian | Nov 1, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Anna Teresa Callen was someone you wanted to meet. Larger than life, intense, widely smiling or perhaps scowling when this matriarch of the kitchen was displeased. Anna was born in Naples and grew up there during World War II experiencing food shortages and German...
by Brian | Oct 27, 2018 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
I remember my first time. I was ten, yes, a young ten. It was 1955 and I was walking through the famed Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax in Los Angeles. It was my first return to California since we left in 1948. I smelled something, something wonderful. A whole sheet...
by Brian | Oct 26, 2018 | Recipes
I grew up in Oregon where pies and jams were everyday events. Suzi just returned from Seattle with jars of berry jams: loganberries, marionberries, … Wonders you cannot find back here in the East. I never put jam on my pie as a kid. No need for the pies were...
by Brian | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
Today’s TBT recipe was written by Suzi six years ago. She loves vegetables. I love dessert. We have compromised to save our marriage. We eat both. This is an excellent fall recipe and an introduction to a great cookbook: Fresh from the Market by Laurent...
