by Brian | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Oh dear. I meant to post this on Friday or Saturday. Well, it is Monday and you can read about this delicious dish and think about the coming weekend. ‘Cause this dish takes some time. That beef is not cooked. It is marinated in the fridge for a couple of hours...
by Brian | Nov 8, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Tel Aviv is an historic city nicknamed The White City because of its thousands of Bauhaus buildings. With under a half million people it is not huge, but it is getting there. We often think of cities as mixtures of concrete, brick, steel and glass. Firm and...
by Brian | Nov 7, 2019 | Recipes, TBT
From a couple of years ago comes this fall and apple idea. Yes, we all want our apple pie. We will have one more this holiday season. But, but, there is more to life. A crostata is an elegant variation on pie. And, I might add, a heck of lot easier to make....
by Brian | Nov 7, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Elizabeth David [1913-1992] was a remarkable woman. She was born into an upper class family and rebelled. In her late teens and twenties, she left England for Paris, studied art, fell in love with a married man, and sailed the Mediterranean with him in a small...
by Brian | Nov 6, 2019 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Let’s see: biscuits or muffins? I can never decide one way or another. I did make biscuits last week, so this time it is muffins. But not just any muffin. No, this morning I wanted something with spice, so naturally I was googling “cinnamon...
