by Brian | Dec 4, 2019 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Author Tatyana Nesteruk describes this cake is divine. Her cookbook, The European Cake Cookbook, is totally divine. This recipe is not for diabetics. Well, maybe, a small piece. Or two of them. A honey sponge cake is dotted with pecan pieces and then topped...
by Brian | Dec 3, 2019 | Recipes
I don’t know why we eat spiced nuts primarily in this holiday season. But that’s the pattern. I’ve tried many recipes with some success. A friend from Texas, for example, is a pecan maven. His are firey. And someone from the Five Towns on Long Island is an elegant...
by Brian | Dec 3, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Aging. Now, there’s a word that can stir your emotions. Aging is inevitable. Is it always a downhill journey? Of course not. We age our wine, for months or years or decades and the wine is all the better if we do it carefully. Even a wine guide can be better with age....
by Brian | Nov 28, 2019 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
It’s Thanksgiving and you want to make some stuffing. Not just any stuffing. But something with pizazz. You may have a favorite recipe. Maybe your family would rebel if you did not serve it. Maybe everyone in your family is secretly bored with it. Now you know...
by Brian | Nov 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
This year I am again providing you the one recipe you need for your holiday turkey. This is THE recipe. We’ve done it a dozen times. We’ll do it dozens more. This recipe, from the now-closed Arrows restaurant in Maine, is THE way to cook your Turkey. THE...
