by Brian | Sep 20, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I reviewed this book a couple of years ago and Suzi and I dip into each season. The original review, posted in February, noted that pears were not in season but they would come into play for us all. The Roasted Pear Tart with Limoncello Custard and Rosemary-Cornmeal...
by Brian | Sep 19, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
I first reviewed this book four years ago. It’s a book you want to return to over and over. Here we are just as summer officially ends and fall begins. This is the perfect book to celebrate that transition. Quick: before the berries disappear. Now: while the...
by Brian | Sep 12, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Janie Hibler is a Northwest author of distinction. You can find berry books here and there but nothing has ever matched this 2004 tome. You know this an exceptional book right there in the first chapter: The A-to-Z Berry Encyclopedia. Yes, we all know about...
by Brian | Sep 10, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
This 43rd edition of the Pocket Guide is every bit as delicious as those many earlier versions. The intense wine-by-wine, country-by-country descriptions and summaries retain their intense insights. What is new here are some considerations of recent years and a...
by Brian | Sep 9, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You will often find references to the renaissance of different liquors. We have books about rum, whiskey, and, yes, gin. Alcohol, in all its forms, remains vibrantly interesting to people around the world. This book, The World Atlas of Gin, is an...
by Brian | Sep 4, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Author Ian Buxton is a liquor champion who has written 101 Rums to Try Before You Die. 101 Rums is a handy volume to carry in your ventures in liquor stores as a personal buying assistant. Here’s an equally important book from Ian: 101 Gins to Try Before You...