by Brian | Jan 24, 2015 | Comfort Food, Recipes
Yesterday I posted about making chorizo at home. You achieve better flavor and a spice/heat level that nothing in the store can match. It is, in a word, a fun recipe. Now, I did note that the spice recipe is about as explosive as a block of C4. You know, the plastic...
by Brian | Jan 23, 2015 | Comfort Food, Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The team at Ryland Peters & Small has knack for producing cookbooks you want to embrace in a flash. I’ve already commented on their volume Comfort Food: Cookbook Review: Comfort Food from Ryland Peters and Small This book, Fireside Feasts & Snow Day...
by Brian | Jan 22, 2015 | Comfort Food, Cookbook Review, Food History, Recipes
It’s time this week’s Throwback Thursday Cookbook Review, and this week the selection is personal. I remember 1987 very well. Suzen and I moved to NYC from Boston, found our Tribeca loft and very early on began the steps that led to Cooking by the Book. In...
by Brian | Dec 23, 2014 | Comfort Food, Recipes
For Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, it seems that cranberry sauce is as mandatory as mashed potatoes. You may eat cranberries only once or twice a year, but now is the time. The question, though, is this: how can I get a miraculous sauce from those brilliant,...
