by Suzi | Nov 20, 2010 | Recipes
The secret to a great Thanksgiving turkey comes from Ogunquit, Maine. The very distinguished Arrows restaurant has received award after award. For decades they have demonstrated culinary excellence and ingenuity. Their cookbook, surprisingly named The Arrows Cookbook,...
by Suzi | Nov 18, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Many, many years ago, when I was first entering the food world, I had the great privilege to partake in one of Anna Teresa Callen’s cooking classes. Anna Teresa orchestrated this masterful class in her classic West Village apartment. It was a doubly intoxicating...
by Suzi | Nov 16, 2010 | Recipes
How do you get that red color in the picture? You can’t do it with watermelon. Berries perhaps. But that red in a margarita glass announces its true heritage: prickly pear cactus. Prickly pears arrive in farmers’ markets in the southwest in late summer. It can take...
by Suzi | Nov 14, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
We’ve had plenty of responses to Friday’s post about the Stuffed Pumpkin from Dorie Greenspan’s Around My French Table. My daughter told me that Dorie is being interviewed on NPR about recipes from this new gem of a book. And Dorie has talked about...
by Suzi | Nov 12, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
From time to time I have to emphatically praise the exceptional. This is such a time. Dorie Greenspan’s new book Around My French Table is so much fun I can’t stand it. Besides the perfect recipes, the book reads like a fabulous mystery book, a true page turner. Of...