by Brian | Mar 8, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Have you ever put something special down, intending to use it the next day? And then a couple of years later, you pick up a piece of paper and, oh my, there that thing is. You’d forgotten all about it and now you wonder how that could ever have happened. I got...
by Brian | Mar 7, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Are French fries the world’s favorite food? In the opinion of Blake Lingle, the answer is decidedly yes. Blake is the founder of Boise Fry Company. They sell fries. You can get a burger, too, but it’s all about the fries. In Fries, Blake tells the...
by Brian | Mar 2, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
It is highly likely that you have eaten one of Elinor Klivans’ magnificent dessert ideas. Over the past 20 years, she has written nineteen cookbooks including the renowned Big Fat Cookies and Bake and Freeze Desserts. It’s has not all be cookies and...
by Brian | Mar 1, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, Uncategorized
Paris is remarkable. Any time of day. Any season. Laura Gladwin is a culinary pro who knows the city and translates its magic into this little book of 65 elegant drink and bite. The café, the restaurant, and the bistro all originated in Paris. The cocktail was...
by Brian | Feb 2, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Paula Peck wrote only cookbooks but they established her fame most solidly. She studied under James Beard and lived in New York City in the 1960s, a period when there were those new “foreign” restaurants serving French and Italian food. Paula was self-taught...
by Brian | Jan 31, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Elsa Petersen-Schepelern was a Danish-Australian food writer with over 20 books in her portfolio. She passed away in 2005 but her books remain culinary gems. I’ve been paging through Fingerfood, her tribute to appetizers. We often do our apps at the last...
