by Brian | Dec 3, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Aging. Now, there’s a word that can stir your emotions. Aging is inevitable. Is it always a downhill journey? Of course not. We age our wine, for months or years or decades and the wine is all the better if we do it carefully. Even a wine guide can be better with age....
by Brian | Nov 22, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This is the 12th book by Diana Henry. It might not seem possible for each of her excellent books to be even better than the last one, but it surely appears that way. Wandering through the pages of From the Oven to the Table and you might be inspired with a New Year’s...
by Brian | Nov 21, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT, Thanksgiving
Ordinarily, the TBT Cookbook Review features one book. Today, it is three. Three cookbooks devoted to Thanksgiving. Suzi and I use these extensively, as you will see, and I urge you to add one or all to your kitchen library. Here’s something I just don’t understand....
by Brian | Nov 20, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Some books begin with quite a journey. Sara Kiyo Popowa was born in Sweden to a Bulgarian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Japan, mother and dad separated, and Sara grew up in Sweden with her mom. Eventually, she visited Japan, reunited with her...
by Brian | Nov 19, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This is a charming cookbook filled with surprises that twist and turn like the waterways that surround the islands of Scotland. The recipes here are traditional ones and surely ones most of us have never experienced. They present us with a culinary journey teeming...
by Brian | Nov 18, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It’s the end of the year. Holiday season. And the season for very special cookbooks. Some cookbooks really are special. And some are quite exceptional. Ferrandi Paris Chocolate is exceptional. Ferrandi Paris is officially titled The French School of Culinary Arts and...
