by Brian | Dec 19, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Flavor Bombs is the flavor story behind the restaurant empire forged by Adam Fleischman starting nine years ago. Adam now has 24 Umami Burger spots across this country and added one in Japan last year. More global presence is planned. Umami. Yes, that word. On your...
by Brian | Dec 12, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Well, the first thing you should know about this book is that I will not be putting it on my kitchen shelves. No, it stays right on the counter. Next to the flour and sugar. Next to the light we use to soften butter. I want Bourke Street Bakery: All Sweet...
by Brian | Dec 11, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
François Monti is what you call a polymath. We used to call them Renaissance Men, but polymath is the terms for a Twitter and Facebook age. A polymath is someone who is very good at very many things, often things that vary widely in their intellectual content....
by Brian | Dec 6, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews, TBT
This is one of “those” books. You know, the ones where the very first recipe in the book tells you that the rest of the pages will be wonderful. The recipe in question here is Chicken Stock. Author Valentina Harris has already explained that great stock is essential...
by Brian | Dec 5, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Like you, I like surprises. This book is a surprise for me because two years ago I got a book Georgia Freedman co-authored: There’s Always Room for Chocolate, the story of Brooklyn’s The Chocolate Room. Now I have Georgia’s new book: Cooking South of the Clouds,...
by Brian | Dec 4, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
I have this recurring dream. The world has gone dystopian. Well, more dystopian. And there is a ruling that there will be no more cookbooks or recipes. We must use only what we already have and nothing new is to be imagined or created. I wake up in a cold sweat. Then...
