by Brian | Aug 30, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Suzi and I spend about five hours a week in our commute from Manhattan to our weekend house in the Catskills. There is often back traffic and we used soothe ourselves by listening to radio, especially the satellite channel devoted to old time radio. We are...
by Brian | Aug 29, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Today’s TBT Cookbook Review is designed to fill a gap. This year has not seen a slew of good Mexican cookbooks. I just haven’t found many that sparkle. But this one, from 2015, does give you that burst of inspired flavor. Publishers are tributaries, their...
by Brian | Aug 27, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The publisher Michell Beazley has fashioned a wonderful portfolio of drinks books. The Whiskey Dictionary follows The Gin Directory and The Tequila Directory. You will find whiskey books dedicated to the best in whiskey brands, something to take with you as you...
by Brian | Aug 22, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I just posted this week’s TBT recipe: Peach Sangria. It came from this lovely book, part of the Savor the South Series for the University of North Carolina. When I posted three years ago, we were just completing our new kitchen at Cooking by the Book: Our...
by Brian | Aug 15, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Today’s TBT Cookbook Review is a tip of the hat to Kim Laidlaw. There is only one problem with Kim: she doesn’t write enough books. This one, Dessert of the Day, is from 2013 and she did, to her credit and to your good service, release Everyday Slow...
by Brian | Aug 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Those “1000 Things to Do Before You Die” kind of books? I find them oppressive. 1000 is a big number. What if I had done 998 and was about to die? I might be filled with regret. Worse, if I were dying and had only done 314, how badly might I feel about hundreds...
