by Brian | Nov 11, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Jeremy Jackson has, to my knowledge, written only two cookbooks: Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me [2004] and The Cornbread Book [2003]. I haven’t seen that Dessert book, yet, but I have The Cornbread Book and it’s what you might call a tidy...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Dessert Digest, Recipes
“Delicious,” Suzen said. Coming from my wife, on a scale of 1 to 10, that’s an 11. To my shock, she reached for another. Now we are up to a 12, an appropriate number actually for baked goods. You see, Suzen does not like cookies. At all. If we sat...
by Brian | Nov 10, 2014 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
“Another brownie book?” Suzen asked and she was not happy. We do have whole shelf of brownie books in New York City. And another upstate. “It’s not a brownie book,” I answered. I had to be careful not to sound defensive. Blood in the...
by Brian | Nov 8, 2014 | Cookie Jar, Recipes
Love pecans? Relish brownies? Time to double down. Author Connie Weis has just the solution for you in her new and modestly decadent book Extreme Brownies. There are fifty saliva-inspiring recipes in this book. This one caught my eye because I do love my pecans...
by Brian | Nov 7, 2014 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
Soft, delicate, subtle. Not this cake. If you want a cake with “texture” and “flavor” that bites you back, resists your bite, then here is a recipe for you. And, it’s one to absorb any leftover berries you might find before fall freezes...
