![Cookbook Review [and a recipe!]: Pomegranates & Pine Nuts by Bethany Kehdy](/dom963635//wp-content/uploads/2014/11/wc-Book-Cover12-538x700-119151_538x675.jpg)
by Brian | Nov 25, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Because we look and smell before we taste, a great dish must fill the room with aroma and astonish us with beauty. Now, cookbooks cannot issue aroma, but they can be seductively, intensely beautiful. Pomegranates & Pine Nuts, by Bethany Kehdy, is a such a...
by Brian | Nov 25, 2014 | Recipes
I cannot imagine a Thanksgiving meal without mashed potatoes. After a few decades of Thanksgivings, I have reached the stage where I can swap out the turkey for duck or maybe a stuffed pork roast, but there absolutely has to be mashed potatoes. I...
by Brian | Nov 24, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I am a big fan of infographics. These are the “information graphics” we see more and more, particularly in print and on the web. Early trends in this style of presentation began with USA Today. The paper was derided at times for the “comics.”...
by Brian | Nov 24, 2014 | Recipes
If your Thanksgiving Day feast is a long one, starting in the early afternoon and extending deep into the evening, then you’ll reach a point where an appetizer or two is in order. It’s a day for culinary richness, and this crab dip — although it...
by Brian | Nov 23, 2014 | Recipes, Thanksgiving
In his little tome devote to cornbread, The Cornbread Book, Jeremy Jackson includes some recipes from Missouri and his mom. Northerners call it stuffing and Southerners call it dressing. But all of us love the side dish that makes for a complete holiday meal. Turkey...
