by Brian | Jan 30, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
John Currence is a busy man. Born in New Orleans, he eventually migrated to Oxford, Mississippi, a town of 21,000 people in the rural northern end of Mississippi. In that rather small town, John has 6 restaurants. He feeds the town and then the hordes of people from...
by Brian | Jan 26, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Let’s say you have some lovely parsnips. How can you serve them? You can cook them in a mixture of water + white wine + olive oil + spices. Too bland? Find some sweet raisin wine, or muscatel. Use some parsnip stock instead of simple water. Which spices? Simple...
by Brian | Jan 24, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Now and then you encounter a perfect cookbook. Simply perfect. The Indian Cooking Course by Monisha Bharadwaj is that exceptional work. Monisha is a famed cookbook author and teacher with her own Indian cooking school in that bastion of Indian cuisine, London...
by Brian | Jan 23, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Cultural differences can be both greater and more subtle than we imagine. I love wandering through British cookbooks which can be quite, quite distinct from their American counterparts. The language, the ingredients, the techniques — all those can differ...
by Brian | Jan 19, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
When you travel in Italy, a very common phrase out of your mouth may be, “This is the most beautiful place in the world.” After a week or two of bopping around the country, the phrase will be automatic and confusing. Just what part of Italy is...
by Brian | Jan 18, 2017 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It is extremely difficult to put into words the importance and magnificence of this cookbook. Three Spanish brothers, Joan and Josep and Jordi Roca, are on their third iteration of an exceptional Catalan restaurant. For thirty years, El Celler has been praised,...
