by Brian | May 15, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You may not recognize the name, Salvatore Calabrese, but you may well have sampled one of his cocktail ideas. The author of 10 best-selling books — including the famed Complete Home Bartender’s Guide — Salvatore has returned with a rework of his 2005 How to...
by Brian | May 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It is May. It is spring. Outside you may still be seeing snow or sleet — we did on Sunday. But inside our house, it is warm and snug as we open up our mail and find spring book bounty in abundance. Spring is the season for new cookbooks that will take us to...
by Brian | May 6, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Two sisters walk into a kitchen … And months later comes this charming, and very informative, book: 20 Recipes Kids Should Know. Esme Washburn, age 12, is the producer of the recipes and the text. Her older sister, Calista, 17, is the photographer. I grew up in the...
by Brian | May 2, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Five years ago at this time, I reviewed this veggie wonder. It’s May, 2019 and veggies are showing up in supermarkets. Fresh and local and wonderful. I bought rhubarb today, a sure sign that winter is over. Except for the places it is still snowing. You’ll...
by Brian | Apr 22, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Suzi and I are finishing off our Southwestern journey. I’ll be looking for game in today’s meal. My tastes for game have grown after reading this British tome on making classic British pies. And, and, trying to get us me to make them. I eat them. I...
by Brian | Apr 19, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
We don’t all eat pork. If you do, you want this boo I first reviewed in 2015. Suzi and I are in Sante Fe. Carnitas is on our horizon. He’s back. Richard H. Turner has a new cookbook: Hog. Oh, you don’t recognized the name? He was part of the team that brought...
