by Brian | Jan 2, 2020 | Recipes, TBT
How do you start the new year? With bread. Not baked in the oven but cooked like a giant scone on your stovetop. We made this five years ago and we revisit this bread with every winter storm. How do you judge a cookbook? Look? Pictures? Comfort...
by Brian | Dec 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Suzi and I wish you the happiest of holiday seasons. We’ve had a great year of food and recipes and cookbooks. We’ll finish off December with a flourish and then dive into 2020. We did have turkey for Thanksgiving. And our super turkey recipe, from...
by Brian | Dec 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
For Christmas and New Years you need a holiday beverage of distinction. Here it is. I’ve posted this before, and I will again. This is the best, the very best eggnog you will ever have. Forget those cardboard cartons in the grocery store. Make this, imbibe, and...
by Brian | Dec 20, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I can guarantee that if you add this book to your collection, you will use it at least 12 times in the coming year. Yes, once a month. Because this book is organized around a full meal, one complete meal for each month. Each meal has a collection of recipes from...
by Brian | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
“I have cranberries. I want scones. Find a recipe.” Thus commanded my wife. It was a pleasant command. She knows how to bribe me. I went to the web and quickly found this recipe with an extra benefit: the scones have the zest of an orange and then a light orange...