by Brian | Oct 10, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Fresh fruit aside, honey was the first great natural sweetener discovered by man. And great it remains. Feeling guilty about sugar? Don’t. We are genetically driven to go for sweets like honey. Why? It’s the best way for our bodies to gather sugar for immediate...
by Brian | Oct 5, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Every September, for 42 years, we have been graced with Hugh Johnson’s latest Pocket Wine Book. The edition for 2019 is here and more brilliant than ever. Outwardly, the book seems “the same” as last year. Same table of contents, same page numbers for each section....
by Brian | Oct 3, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Question: what do you get when a food stylist writes a cookbook? Answer: a book with lots of pictures. Question: what do you get when a marvelously talented food stylist, who is also a wonderful cook[ trained by two generations of aunts and mothers and grandmothers],...
by Brian | Oct 2, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Acadiana Table. Hmmmm, Acadiana. How do you know this is a Cajun and Creole cookbook? It’s all there in the first chapter: First You Make a Roux. There are two pages of detail on making a roux “as deep and dark as blackstrap molasses.” That roux is put to work...
by Brian | Oct 1, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
The first recipe in this book is Wild Garlic Soup. There is a lovely photo of this spring soup made with garlic leaves, potatoes, butter, onion and vegetable stock. Simple and subtle with early season garlic. A different recipe from most. The second recipe is Creamy...
by Brian | Sep 29, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
You can’t have a cold, steaming cup of coffee. You can take the hot stuff and add ice, which dilutes it of course, and get to iced coffee. Now there’s a way to get cold and undiluted. It just takes a little time, like 18-20 hours. What’s going on? It’s...
