by Suzi | Sep 20, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Here’s a salad filled with favorite flavors, but I doubt you’ve ever seen them combined this way. From The Book of Tapas by Simone and Ines Ortega, I recently served this dish at a party. I put it down, turned around, and found that it almost instantly disappeared....
by Suzi | Sep 19, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
Fruit tarts can become exceptional when they are nestled in the right pastry shell. The masters of pastry are the French and French expert is Michel Roux. In Pastry: Savory and Sweet he introduces all the classic pastry types and has wonderful recipes to employ them....
by Suzi | Sep 18, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews
Brian is little religious about his mashed potatoes. You know: potato, butter and milk. To his credit he has begun to branch out, adding cream or blue cheese. And I’ve done some French style where there is more butter than potato. Oh, it’s good. Not healthy but good....
by Suzi | Sep 17, 2010 | Cookbook Reviews, Recipes
Yesterday’s post was for peach ice cream. Now, you can just eat that goodie, or you can use it. Adam Reid has written Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes, a treasure of recipes that are outlandishly imaginative. I’m just beginning to warm up my blender with all of Adam’s...
by Suzi | Sep 16, 2010 | Dessert Digest, Recipes
When I want ice cream, I return again and again to The Perfect Scoop by David Lebovitz. David’s recipes are in a class by themselves. It’s peach season and earlier this year I promised good peach recipes. This recipe, for peach ice cream, is much more than good. It...
