by Brian | Jan 17, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
Todays TBT cookbook is not terribly old, just five years, but it is so important I don’t want to wait a full ten years before reminding you about a significant work. Italian food is beloved by us all. We often think of it as “quick” food in...
by Brian | Jan 15, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
After water, mankind drinks tea more than any other beverage. Those tea leaves have twice the caffeine of coffee beans, though most teas reduce the caffeine content per cup to less than half of coffee. Tea drinking is relatively new, less than five thousand...
by Brian | Jan 14, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Sometimes a big thing can come in a small package. New York Cocktails is just 5 ½ by 7 ½ inches. It is thick though, 352 pages thick. And it is powerful. Author Amanda Schuster is a New Yorker who loves cocktails, loves them so much she lives them, breathes...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Gabriel Gaté is one of those people you wish you had known about for decades. Born in the Loire Valley, he has lived in Australia since 1977, appearing on television and writing cookbooks. Lots of cookbooks. Twenty-four of them with over a million copies sold....
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by Brian | Jan 10, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
I was getting ready to do today’s TBT cookbook, writing about Michel Roux’s wonderful Eggs book. I had just reviewed the grand new Cheese book yesterday. And then my mail came and here was the NEW edition of Eggs. Eggs was first published in 2005 and now...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2019 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
It is so simple to describe this book: essential. Perhaps you know Michel Roux from his earlier works: Pastry, Eggs, and Desserts. Suzi and I have those three books on the bookshelf closest to our kitchen island. We want to be able to “grab and go.” This latest...
